contevscountsTell them apart

Which to use

“conte” and “counts” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,937
“conte” frequency rank
#4,436
“counts” frequency rank
27373
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conte counts
Definition An Italian count. plural of count

Letter map: conte vs counts

Shared letters muted; letters that set conte and counts apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
conte
6 ch
counts

Corpus notes: conte and counts

conte and counts are indexed as a confusable English 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conte is recorded at frequency rank #22,937, classified as anoun. counts is at rank #4,436, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kaʊnts/.

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 27373, this pair ranks #379,448 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conte vs counts

Shared letters: cnot. Private to "conte": e. Private to "counts": su.

"conte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "counts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • contecconte · cnote · conet · connte · contte · cotne · ocnte
  • countsccounts · conuts · counnts · counst · countss · countts · coutns · cuonts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conte" for "counts" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary English text, does "conte" or "counts" show up more?
"counts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,436 in our English list, against #22,937 for "conte". 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 "conte" and "counts".

  • Full dictionary entry for "conte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "counts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #379,448 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conte" and "counts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conte vs crone". 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 #379,448 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list