recount
/ɹɪˈkaʊnt/noun, verb
recount is spelled R-E-C-O-U-N-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, recount means “Narration, account, description, rendering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of recount is recounts.
How many letters and syllables are in recount?
| Letters | 7: R-E-C-O-U-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 recount?
Recount appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th 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 recount?
- /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/
As a noun (“A counting again, as of votes”): /ˈɹiːkaʊnt/.
As a verb (“To count again”): /ˈɹiːkaʊnt/, /ɹiːˈkaʊnt/.
Recount has 2 syllables (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-recount.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-recount2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-recount3.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with recount
Also written: re-count (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with recount?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as recount.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: counter, trounce.
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 recount
- recounts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- recounting participle, present
- recounted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does recount mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Narration, account, description, rendering.
- 2
A counting again, as of votes.
verb
- 1
To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.
The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.
- 2
datedTo rehearse; to enumerate.
to recount one's blessings
- 3
To count again.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Recount in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | raconter , recompter |
| German | erzählen, berichten |
| Portuguese | recontar, relatar , recontagem |
| Spanish | recontar |
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 recount come from?
From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).