count vs county, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“count” and “county” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,812
“count” frequency rank: #12,256
“county” frequency rank: 39068
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	count	county
Definition	Graf	historisch, die Grafschaft

Letter map: count vs county

Shared letters muted; letters that set count and county apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

5 ch

count

6 ch

county

Corpus notes: count and county

count and county are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “count” sits inside “county”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

count is recorded at frequency rank #26,812, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. county is at rank #12,256, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkaʊnti].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 39068, this pair ranks #1,546,957 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of count vs county

Shared letters: cnotu. Private to "count": -. Private to "county": y.

"count" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "county" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

count ← ccount · conut · counnt · countt · coutn · cuont · ocunt
county ← ccounty · conuty · counnty · countty · countyy · counyt · coutny · cuonty

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "count" and "county" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “count” sits inside “county”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary German text, does "count" or "county" show up more?

"county" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,256 in our German list, against #26,812 for "count". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "count" and "county".

Full dictionary entry for "count" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "county" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,546,957 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"count" and "county" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "count vs puzzles". Nearby pair
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,546,957 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.