community

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/[…]/ noun

The verdict

“community” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,760 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#2,760
frequency rank, German
9
letters
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - politische Gemeinde

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

community vs of
11% similar
community vs ii
11% similar
community vs TO
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for community
PropertyValue
Headwordcommunity
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,760
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “community” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). community lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for community is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,760 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for community, with forms such as "ccommunity", "cmomunity", and "commnuity". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "ii", "TO", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is community, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    politische Gemeinde
  2. 2
    Kirchgemeinde
  3. 3
    Gemeinschaft von Menschen
  4. 4
    biologische Artengemeinschaft
  5. 5
    Verwandtschaft oder Sippe
  6. 6
    die Öffentlichkeit

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccommunity,cmomunity,commnuity,commuinty,communitty,communityy,communiyt,communnity,communtiy,comumnity,comunity,ocmmunity

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of community - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccommunity1cmomunity2commnuity2commuinty2communitty1communityy1communiyt2communnity1
Edit distance from "community"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "community"?
"community" is spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "community" mean?
As a noun, "community" means: politische Gemeinde
What words are commonly confused with "community"?
"community" is commonly confused with "of", "ii", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "community"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "community" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "community" come from?
"community" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “community”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “of” - see the side-by-side comparison. community vs of
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list