# counties vs countries

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### counties
*noun · IPA /ˈkaʊntiz/ · frequency rank #4,748*
plural of county

### countries
*noun · IPA /ˈkʌntɹiz/ · frequency rank #762*
plural of country.

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