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“clope” and “coop” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,929
“clope” frequency rank
#15,601
“coop” frequency rank
28530
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature clope coop
Definition Mégot. Coopérative, association coopérative.

Where the eye mixes clope and coop

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
clope
4 ch
coop

Visual trap between clope and coop

A purely visual mix-up. clope (\klɔp\) and coop (\ko.ɔp\) 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 28530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

clope is recorded at frequency rank #12,929, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɔp\. coop is at rank #15,601, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ko.ɔp\.

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 28530, this pair ranks #322,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of clope vs coop

Shared letters: cop. Private to "clope": el. Private to "coop": -.

"clope" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "coop" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • clopecclope · cllope · cloep · cloppe · clpoe · colpe · lcope
  • coopccoop · coopp · copo · ocop

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "clope" for "coop" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\klɔp\ versus \ko.ɔp\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "clope" or "coop"?
"clope" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,929 in our French list, against #15,601 for "coop". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "clope" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coop" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #322,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "clope" and "coop" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coop vs coupa". 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 #322,208 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list