communally
"communally" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“communally” is uncommon English (frequency #76,659 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,659
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affecting, by, or on behalf of, a community or group of people,
Corpus desk
Index EN-communally · communally · English
communally · rank #76,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,659
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH condescending…
Nearest frequency peer: condescendingly (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “communally”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- coffer
coffer
23,347 corpus weight
- collectivity
collectivity
23,346 corpus weight
- communally
communally
23,342 corpus weight
- condescendi…
condescendingly
23,341 corpus weight
- congealed
congealed
23,339 corpus weight
- Conran
Conran
23,338 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “communally” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | communally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “communally” in English
Rare enough to double-check
communally is uncommon English at frequency #76,659 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for communally, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From communal + -ly. The correct English form is communally, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Affecting, by, or on behalf of, a community or group of people,
- 2Relating to religion
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how communally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Crucial sections like 153 A, 153B, 295 A, and 505 of the IPC [Indian Penal Code] that specifically look at hate crimes and communally- charged^([sic]) offences are missing from the FIR [first information report].
Etymology
From communal + -ly.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).