Which to use
“communities” is a noun and “of” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,353
- “communities” frequency rank
- #324
- “of” frequency rank
- 26677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | communities | of |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs community | von |
Letter map: communities vs of
Shared letters muted; letters that set communities and of apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. communities runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVVC) against of's 2 (VC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - communities and of
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: communities is anoun and ofapreposition. On the page they differ by 9 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
communities is recorded at frequency rank #26,353, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. of is at rank #324, tagged as aprep, 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 26677, this pair ranks #1,814,246 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of communities vs of
Shared letters: o. Private to "communities": ceimnstu. Private to "of": f.
"communities" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC · "of" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- communities ← ccommunities · cmomunities · commnuities · commuinties · communiites · communiteis · communitiess · communitise
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "communities" and "of" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "communities" or "of"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "communities" and "of".
- Full dictionary entry for "communities" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "of" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,814,246 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "communities" and "of" 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 #1,814,246 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.