# account vs amount

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### account
*noun · IPA /əˈkaʊnt/ · frequency rank #616*
A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.

### amount
*noun · IPA /əˈmaʊnt/ · frequency rank #760*
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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