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

#42,913
“cooperativos” frequency rank
#17,391
“corporativos” frequency rank
60304
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cooperativos corporativos
Definition Forma del plural de cooperativo. Forma del plural de corporativo.

Where the eye mixes cooperativos and corporativos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. cooperativos (CVVCVCVCVCVC) and corporativos (CVCCVCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

12 ch
cooperativos
12 ch
corporativos

Visual trap between cooperativos and corporativos

A purely visual mix-up. cooperativos ([koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞os]) and corporativos ([koɾpoɾaˈt̪iβ̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cooperativos is recorded at frequency rank #42,913, classified as anadj, pronounced [koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞os]. corporativos is at rank #17,391, tagged as anadj, pronounced [koɾpoɾaˈt̪iβ̞os].

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 60304, this pair ranks #59,410 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cooperativos vs corporativos

Shared letters: acioprstv. Private to "cooperativos": e. Private to "corporativos": -.

"cooperativos" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "corporativos" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cooperativos ← ccooperativos · cooeprativos · coopeartivos · cooperaitvos · cooperatibos · cooperatiovs · cooperativoss · cooperativso
  • corporativos ← ccorporativos · coprorativos · coroprativos · corpoartivos · corporaitvos · corporatibos · corporatiovs · corporativoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cooperativos" for "corporativos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞os] versus [koɾpoɾaˈt̪iβ̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cooperativos" or "corporativos"?
"corporativos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,391 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "cooperativos" and "corporativos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cooperativos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corporativos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,410 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cooperativos" and "corporativos" 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 #59,410 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