community

/kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti/

//kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti// noun

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"community" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“community” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #454. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#454
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.

Corpus desk

Index EN-community · community · English

community · rank #454 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #454
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH ask

Nearest frequency peer: ask (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “community”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “community” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

community vs communist
78% similar
community vs commodity
78% similar
community vs communism
78% similar

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

Key facts for community
PropertyValue
Headwordcommunity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti/
Letters9
Frequency rank#454
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “community”

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

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “ask” (#453), “data” (#455), “woman” (#452). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “community” is #454. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around community (IPA /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #454 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for community, with forms such as "ccommunity", "cmomunity", and "commnuity". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "communist", "commodity", "communism", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin commūnitās (“community; public spirit”), from commūn(is) (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, public”) + -itā… The correct English form is community, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
  2. 2
    A residential or religious collective; a commune.
  3. 3
    A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
  4. 4
    A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.
  5. 5
    The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
  6. 6
    Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
  7. 7
    Common character; likeness.
  8. 8
    Commonness; frequency.
  9. 9
    A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how community appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. [W]e are not borne to our ſelues alone, but the prince, the countrie, the parents, freends, wiues, children and familie, euerie of them doo claime an intereſt in vs, and to euerie of them we muſt be beneficiall: otherwiſe we doo degenerate from that communitie and ſocietie, which by ſuch offices by vs is to be conſtrued, & doo become moſt vnprofitable: […]
  2. Nor wanting here, to entertain the thought, / Creatures, that in communities exist, / Less, at might seem, for general guardianship / Or through dependance upon mutual aid, / Than by participation of delight / And a strict love of fellowship, combined.

Etymology

From Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin commūnitās (“community; public spirit”), from commūn(is) (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, public”) + -itās. By surface analysis, commun(e) + -ity. Doublet of communitas.

Antonyms

anticommunitynoncommunity

This word in other languages

comunidad(Español)communauté(Français)Gemeinschaft(Deutsch)comunidade(Português)

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 English 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 /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti/.
What does "community" mean?
As a noun, "community" means: A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
What words are commonly confused with "community"?
"community" is commonly confused with "communist", "commodity", "communism". 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 /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "community"?
From Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin commūnitās (“community; public spirit”), from commūn(is) (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, publi... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "community", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list