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count

/kaʊnt/verb, noun, adjective

count is spelled C-O-U-N-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 68 times per million words in written English, the 1,562nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, count means “To recite numbers in sequence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in count?

Letters5: C-O-U-N-T
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing68 times per million words; the 1,562nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is count?

Count appears 68 times per million words in written English, the 1,562nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce count?

  • US /kaʊnt/
  • /kuːnt/

Count has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-count.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-count.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with count?

4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as count from its last stressed vowel (/aʊnt/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of count

  • counts present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • counting participle, present
  • counted participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does count mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To recite numbers in sequence.

    Can you count to a hundred?

  2. 2

    To determine the number of (objects in a group).

    Count the number of apples in the bag and write down the number on the spreadsheet.

  3. 3

    To amount to, to number in total.

  4. 4

    To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).

    Your views don’t count here.

  5. 5

    To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.

    Apples count as a type of fruit.

  6. 6

    To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.

    He counts himself a hero after saving the cat from the river.

  7. 7

    To reckon in, to include in consideration.

    They walked for three days, not counting the time spent resting.

  8. 8

    obsoleteTo take account or note (of), to care (for).

noun

  1. 1

    The act of counting or tallying a quantity.

    Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough.

  2. 2

    The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.

  3. 3

    A countdown.

  4. 4

    A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.

  5. 5

    The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.

    He has a 3–2 count with the bases loaded.

  6. 6

    obsoleteAn object of interest or account; value; estimation.

  7. 7

    slangCunt (the taboo swear word)

    That count deserves a punishment.

  8. 8

    The male ruler of a county.

  9. 9

    A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.

  10. 10

    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.

adjective

  1. 1

    Countable.

  2. 2

    Used to show the amount of like items in a package.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Count in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcompter (to enumerate or determine number), compte, décompte (the act of counting), nombre (the result of a tally that reveals the number…), compte à rebours (a countdown), comte (ruler of a county (male))
Germanzählen (to enumerate or determine number), Zählung, Anzahl (the act of counting), Graf (ruler of a county (male))
Portuguesecontar (to enumerate or determine number), contagem (the act of counting), número (the result of a tally that reveals the number…), contagem final (a countdown), valer, importar (to be of significance; to matter)
Spanishcontar, escrutar, cuantiar, contabilizar (to enumerate or determine number), cuenta (the act of counting), importar (to be of significance; to matter)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does count come from?

From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computō (“to compute”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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