communityvsvalleyWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#2,760
“community” frequency rank
#9,284
“valley” frequency rank
12044
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature community valley
Definition politische Gemeinde Tal

Letter map: community vs valley

Shared letters muted; letters that set community and valley apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. community runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against valley's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
community
6 ch
valley

Corpus notes: community and valley

community and valley 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 12044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

community is recorded at frequency rank #2,760, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. valley is at rank #9,284, 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 12044, this pair ranks #1,966,502 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of community vs valley

Shared letters: y. Private to "community": cimnotu. Private to "valley": aelv.

"community" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "valley" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • community ← ccommunity · cmomunity · commnuity · commuinty · communitty · communityy · communiyt · communnity
  • valley ← avlley · valely · valey · valleyy · vallye · vlaley · vvalley

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "community" for "valley" 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: "community" vs "valley" - which ranks higher?
"community" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,760 in our German list, against #9,284 for "valley". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "community" vs "valley" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "community" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "valley" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,966,502 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "community" and "valley" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs valley". 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 #1,966,502 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