communities
/kəˈmjuːnɪtiz/
"communities" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“communities” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,991. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,991
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of community
Corpus desk
Index EN-communities · communities · English
communities · rank #1,991 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #1,991
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH climate
Nearest frequency peer: climate (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “communities”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- capacity
capacity
98,013 corpus weight
- cheap
cheap
98,012 corpus weight
- climate
climate
98,011 corpus weight
- communities
communities
98,010 corpus weight
- discussion
discussion
98,009 corpus weight
- drinking
drinking
98,008 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “communities” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | communities |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈmjuːnɪtiz/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #1,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “communities” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around communities (IPA /kəˈmjuːnɪtiz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,991 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of community".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for communities, with forms such as "ccommunities", "cmomunities", and "commnuities". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "commodities", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is communities, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of community
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccommunities
- cmomunities
- commnuities
- commuinties
- communiites
- communiteis
- communitiess
- communitise
- communitties
- communnities
- communtiies
- comumnities
- comunities
- ocmmunities
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of communities - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "communities", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "commodities". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,991 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
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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.