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“cooperativo” and “cooperativos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,618
“cooperativo” frequency rank
#42,913
“cooperativos” frequency rank
64531
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cooperativo cooperativos
Definition Propio de, relativo a o perteneciente a la cooperación. Forma del plural de cooperativo.

Where the eye mixes cooperativo and cooperativos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. cooperativo runs 11 letters (CVVCVCVCVCV) against cooperativos's 12 (CVVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
cooperativo
12 ch
cooperativos

Look-alike desk: cooperativo vs cooperativos

A purely visual mix-up. cooperativo ([koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]) and cooperativos ([koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cooperativo” sits inside “cooperativos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cooperativo is recorded at frequency rank #21,618, classified as anadj, pronounced [koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]. cooperativos is at rank #42,913, tagged as anadj, pronounced [koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞os].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 64531, this pair ranks #45,303 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cooperativo vs cooperativos

Shared letters: aceioprtv. Private to "cooperativo": -. Private to "cooperativos": s.

"cooperativo" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCV  ·  "cooperativos" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cooperativo ← ccooperativo · cooeprativo · coopeartivo · cooperaitvo · cooperatibo · cooperatiov · cooperativvo · cooperattivo
  • cooperativos ← ccooperativos · cooeprativos · coopeartivos · cooperaitvos · cooperatibos · cooperatiovs · cooperativoss · cooperativso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cooperativo" for "cooperativos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞o] versus [koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cooperativo" or "cooperativos"?
"cooperativo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,618 in our Spanish list, against #42,913 for "cooperativos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "cooperativo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cooperativos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,303 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cooperativo" and "cooperativos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comparativos vs cooperativos". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #45,303 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list