# community

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti/ · frequency rank #454

## Definitions
1. A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
2. A residential or religious collective; a commune.
3. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
4. A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.
5. The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
6. Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
7. Common character; likeness.
8. Commonness; frequency.
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.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **communist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/communist-vs-community)
- **commodity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commodity-vs-community)
- **communism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/communism-vs-community)
- **communion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/communion-vs-community)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccommunity`, `cmomunity`, `commnuity`, `commuinty`, `communitty`, `communityy`, `communiyt`, `communnity`, `communtiy`, `comumnity`, `comunity`, `ocmmunity`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/community