# count vs county

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### county
*noun · IPA /ˈkaʊnti/ · frequency rank #650*
The land ruled by a count or a countess.

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