coopération vs coopérations

Which to use

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

#2,870
“coopération” frequency rank: #36,333
“coopérations” frequency rank: 39203
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	coopération	coopérations
Definition	Action de coopérer.	Pluriel de coopération.

Same sound, different letters: coopération vs coopérations

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. coopération runs 11 letters (CVVCVCVCVVC) against coopérations's 12 (CVVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch

coopération

12 ch

coopérations

Homophone desk: coopération vs coopérations

This is the hard kind. coopération and coopérations are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ɔ.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “coopération” sits inside “coopérations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coopération is recorded at frequency rank #2,870, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ɔ.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. coopérations is at rank #36,333, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ɔ.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.

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 39203, this pair ranks #249,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coopération vs coopérations

Shared letters: acinoprté. Private to "coopération": -. Private to "coopérations": s.

"coopération" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVVC · "coopérations" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "coopération" and "coopérations" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ.ɔ.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "coopération" vs "coopérations" - which ranks higher?

"coopération" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,870 in our French list, against #36,333 for "coopérations". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "coopération" / "coopérations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "coopération" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "coopérations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #249,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"coopération" and "coopérations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coopératifs vs coopérations". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #249,708 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.