applicationsvscommunityWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“applications” and “community” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,469
“applications” frequency rank
#2,760
“community” frequency rank
52229
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature applications community
Definition Plural des Substantivs application politische Gemeinde

Letter map: applications vs community

Shared letters muted; letters that set applications and community apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

12 ch
applications
9 ch
community

Corpus notes: applications and community

applications and community are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

applications is recorded at frequency rank #49,469, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. community is at rank #2,760, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 52229, this pair ranks #1,105,013 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of applications vs community

Shared letters: cinot. Private to "applications": alps. Private to "community": muy.

"applications" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVVCC  ·  "community" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • applicationsaplications · aplpications · appilcations · applciations · appliactions · applicaitons · applicatinos · applicationns
  • communityccommunity · cmomunity · commnuity · commuinty · communitty · communityy · communiyt · communnity

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "applications" for "community" ever safe?
No. They differ by 3 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "applications" vs "community" - which ranks higher?
"community" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,760 in our German list, against #49,469 for "applications". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "applications" and "community".

  • Full dictionary entry for "applications" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "community" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,105,013 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "applications" and "community" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "applications vs puzzles". 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 #1,105,013 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list