# counting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,518

## Definitions
1. A count.
2. The act by which something is counted.

## Easily confused with
- **cutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/counting-vs-cutting)
- **cunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/counting-vs-cunning)
- **coupling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/counting-vs-coupling)
- **coursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/counting-vs-coursing)
- **coating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-counting)
- **coining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coining-vs-counting)
- **counties** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/counties-vs-counting)
- **chanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanting-vs-counting)
- **coughing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coughing-vs-counting)
- **coasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coasting-vs-counting)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccounting`, `conuting`, `counitng`, `counnting`, `countign`, `countingg`, `countinng`, `countnig`, `countting`, `coutning`, `cuonting`, `ocunting`

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