communitiesvsLeagueWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#26,353
“communities” frequency rank
#1,976
“League” frequency rank
28329
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature communities League
Definition Plural des Substantivs community historisches, in Nordamerika und England verwendetes Längenmaß

Letter map: communities vs League

Shared letters muted; letters that set communities and League apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. communities runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVVC) against League's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
communities
6 ch
League

Spelling & dictionary notes on communities vs League

communities and League 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 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

communities is recorded at frequency rank #26,353, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. League is at rank #1,976, 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 28329, this pair ranks #1,786,729 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of communities vs League

Shared letters: eu. Private to "communities": cimnost. Private to "League": agl.

"communities" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC  ·  "League" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • communities ← ccommunities · cmomunities · commnuities · commuinties · communiites · communiteis · communitiess · communitise
  • League ← elague · laegue · leageu · leaggue · leauge · legaue · lleague

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "communities" for "League" ever safe?
No. They differ by 5 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: "communities" vs "League" - which ranks higher?
"League" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,976 in our German list, against #26,353 for "communities". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "communities" vs "League" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "communities" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "League" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,786,729 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "communities" and "League" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "communities 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 #1,786,729 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