# count vs crust

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### crust
*noun · IPA /kɹʌst/ · frequency rank #11,194*
A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/count-vs-crust