# country vs counts

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### country
*noun · IPA /ˈkʌntɹi/ · frequency rank #313*
The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.

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

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