commons vs ley

commons and ley both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
commons	Yes	No	No	No
ley	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ley is a hypernym of commons; that is, ley is a word with a broader meaning than commons:

commons: a pasture subject to common use
ley: a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

Other hypernyms of commons include grazing land, lea, pasture, pasture land, pastureland.

commons (noun)	ley (noun)
a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank	a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
a pasture subject to common use