coop

\ko.ɔp\

/\ko.ɔp\/ noun

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The verdict

“coop” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,601) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#15,601
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coopérative, association coopérative.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coop · coop · French

coop · rank #15,601 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,601
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contraindre

Nearest frequency peer: contraindre (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « coop »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « coop » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

coop vs CP
0% similar
coop vs cou
50% similar
coop vs cup
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for coop
PropertyValue
Headwordcoop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ko.ɔp\
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,601
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « coop »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.coopse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « contraindre » (#15,600), « coopérer » (#15,602), « contenue » (#15,598). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coop » est au #15,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for coop is neighbouring look-alikes ("CP", "cou", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ko.ɔp\. Frequency #15,601 among 8,609 “C” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for coop, with forms such as "ccoop", "coopp", and "copo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CP", "cou", "cup", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is coop, spelled C-O-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coopérative, association coopérative.
  2. 2
    Coopération où chacun trouve son compte, généralement à l’encontre des valeurs morales.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how coop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. D’abord, en 1907, la création de la Tuilerie coopérative française, future TBF, une coop montée avec les paroissiens de Roumazières et des environs.
  2. « Il faudrait plus voir ça comme une coop de services. Une commission scolaire, c'est un endroit où je devrais avoir des services en commun que je peux aller prendre parce que je suis une école qui a tel ou tel besoin », explique la ministre.

Synonyms

coopé

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoop
  • coopp
  • copo
  • ocop

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coop - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccoop1coopp1copo2ocop2
Edit distance from "coop"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coop"?
"coop" is spelled C-O-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is \ko.ɔp\.
What does "coop" mean?
As a noun, "coop" means: Coopérative, association coopérative.
What words are commonly confused with "coop"?
"coop" is commonly confused with "CP", "cou", "cup". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coop" is \ko.ɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coop" come from?
"coop" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coop", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

burn#15,580hunt#15,645Zeus#15,541view#15,537

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list