Which to use
“away” is an adverb and “community” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,565
- “away” frequency rank
- #2,760
- “community” frequency rank
- 18325
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | away | community |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | weg, fort, abwesend | politische Gemeinde |
Letter map: away vs community
Shared letters muted; letters that set away and community apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Grammar separator: away vs community
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: away is anadverb and communityanoun. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18325, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
away is recorded at frequency rank #15,565, classified as anadv, 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 18325, this pair ranks #1,919,322 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of away vs community
Shared letters: y. Private to "away": aw. Private to "community": cimnotu.
"away" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "community" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "away" for "community" ever safe?
Frequency check: "away" vs "community" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "away" vs "community" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "away" 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 #1,919,322 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "away" and "community" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "away 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 #1,919,322 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.