Which to use
“choper” and “coopère” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,134
- “choper” frequency rank
- #37,748
- “coopère” frequency rank
- 50882
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choper | coopère |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arrêter, attraper, saisir. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de coopérer. |
Where the eye mixes choper and coopère
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. choper runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against coopère's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between choper and coopère
A purely visual mix-up. choper (\ʃɔ.pe\) and coopère (\kɔ.ɔ.pɛʁ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50882, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
choper is recorded at frequency rank #13,134, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃɔ.pe\. coopère is at rank #37,748, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.ɔ.pɛʁ\.
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 50882, this pair ranks #159,212 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of choper vs coopère
Shared letters: ceopr. Private to "choper": h. Private to "coopère": è.
"choper" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "coopère" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- choper ← cchoper · chhoper · choepr · choperr · chopre · chpoer · cohper · hcoper
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "choper" for "coopère" ever safe?
Frequency check: "choper" vs "coopère" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "choper" and "coopère" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "choper" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coopère" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,212 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choper" and "coopère" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coopère vs coopèrent". 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 #159,212 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.