How to spell community
A Year 5 and 6 statutory spelling word, with the tricky part explained and a tip that makes it stick.
The answer
community
C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y
The part to watch: a double m, and it ends -ity. The underlined letters are the ones most people get wrong.
The tricky part
Community has a double m. It ends -ity, like unity.
Community is one of the words on the Year 5 and 6 list with a double letter at the start. Many long words begin ac, ag, ap, at, com, cor, im, oc, op, suf or sug with a doubled consonant. Most began as a prefix joined to a root, and the letter doubled where the two met.
Common mistakes with community
- Wrong: comunityRight: community
- Wrong: communatyRight: community
A way to remember it
Community has "unity" at the end: comm + unity. A community has unity.
Community in syllables
com · mu · ni · ty
Community has 4 syllables. Say each one as you write it.
In a sentence
Our community planted trees in the park.
Community on the statutory list
Community is on the Year 5 and 6 statutory word list in the national curriculum for England. Children are taught these words in Years 5 and 6, when they are 9 to 11.
Test yourself
A short spelling test that starts with community, then nine more words from the Year 5 and 6 list, read aloud. It works in your browser.
More words with a double letter at the start
These words from the Year 5 and 6 list share the same pattern as community.
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Questions parents ask
What is the plural of community?
Communities. The y changes to i before -es.
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