# commie vs commune

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### commie
*noun · IPA /ˈkɒ.mi/ · frequency rank #31,924*
A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.

### commune
*noun · IPA /ˈkɒmjuːn/ · frequency rank #19,560*
A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.

## Source
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