coopvscorConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#15,601
“coop” frequency rank
#14,000
“cor” frequency rank
29601
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coop cor
Definition Coopérative, association coopérative. (toujours employé au pluriel) Andouiller.

Where the eye mixes coop and cor

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
coop
3 ch
cor

Visual trap between coop and cor

A purely visual mix-up. coop (\ko.ɔp\) and cor (\kɔʁ\) 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 29601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coop is recorded at frequency rank #15,601, classified as anoun, pronounced \ko.ɔp\. cor is at rank #14,000, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ\.

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 29601, this pair ranks #315,649 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coop vs cor

Shared letters: co. Private to "coop": p. Private to "cor": r.

"coop" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "cor" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coopccoop · coopp · copo · ocop

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "coop" for "cor" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ko.ɔp\ versus \kɔʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "coop" or "cor"?
"cor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,000 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "coop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #315,649 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coop" and "cor" 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 #315,649 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