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

#18,699
“coopératif” frequency rank
#39,240
“coopératifs” frequency rank
57939
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coopératif coopératifs
Definition Qui réunit les efforts de tous les intéressés et les fait concourir à l’amélioration de la situation de chacun. Masculin pluriel de coopératif.

Same sound, different letters: coopératif vs coopératifs

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. coopératif runs 10 letters (CVVCVCVCVC) against coopératifs's 11 (CVVCVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
coopératif
11 ch
coopératifs

Same sound, different spelling - coopératif / coopératifs

This is the hard kind. coopératif and coopératifs are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ɔ.pe.ʁa.tif\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “coopératif” sits inside “coopératifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coopératif is recorded at frequency rank #18,699, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ɔ.pe.ʁa.tif\. coopératifs is at rank #39,240, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ɔ.pe.ʁa.tif\.

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 57939, this pair ranks #112,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of coopératif vs coopératifs

Shared letters: acfioprté. Private to "coopératif": -. Private to "coopératifs": s.

"coopératif" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVC  ·  "coopératifs" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "coopératif" and "coopératifs" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ.ɔ.pe.ʁa.tif\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "coopératif" or "coopératifs" show up more?
"coopératif" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,699 in our French list, against #39,240 for "coopératifs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "coopératif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coopératifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #112,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coopératif" and "coopératifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coopératifs vs coopérations". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #112,018 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