Which to use
“Cooper” is a name and “coopère” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,831
- “Cooper” frequency rank
- #37,748
- “coopère” frequency rank
- 46579
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Cooper | coopère |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de coopérer. |
Letter map: Cooper vs coopère
Shared letters muted; letters that set Cooper and coopère apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Cooper runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against coopère's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Cooper and coopère
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Cooper is aname and coopèreaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Cooper is recorded at frequency rank #8,831, classified as aname. 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 46579, this pair ranks #193,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Cooper vs coopère
Shared letters: ceopr. Private to "Cooper": -. Private to "coopère": è.
"Cooper" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "coopère" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Cooper ← ccooper · cooepr · cooperr · coopper · coopre · coper · copoer · ocoper
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Cooper" for "coopère" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Cooper" vs "coopère" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "Cooper" and "coopère". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Cooper" 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 #193,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Cooper" 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 #193,810 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.