# count vs counts

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### count
*verb · IPA /kaʊnt/ · frequency rank #1,557*
To recite numbers in sequence.

### counts
*noun · IPA /kaʊnts/ · frequency rank #4,436*
plural of count

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/count-vs-counts