# county vs court

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### court
*noun · IPA /kɔːt/ · frequency rank #370*
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

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