Which to use
“community” and “family” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,760
- “community” frequency rank
- #7,759
- “family” frequency rank
- 10519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | community | family |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | politische Gemeinde | Familie |
Letter map: community vs family
Shared letters muted; letters that set community and family apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. community runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against family's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - community / family
community and family 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 10519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
community is recorded at frequency rank #2,760, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. family is at rank #7,759, 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 10519, this pair ranks #1,974,732 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of community vs family
Shared letters: imy. Private to "community": cnotu. Private to "family": afl.
"community" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "family" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "community" for "family" ever safe?
Frequency check: "community" vs "family" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "community" and "family".
- Full dictionary entry for "community" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "family" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,974,732 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "community" and "family" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "family 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 #1,974,732 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.