# recount

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/ · frequency rank #21,328

## Definitions
1. Narration, account, description, rendering

## Etymology
From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.

## Easily confused with
- **recoup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recount-vs-recoup)
- **recruit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recount-vs-recruit)
- **recon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recon-vs-recount)
- **recent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recent-vs-recount)
- **rebound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebound-vs-recount)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ercount`, `rceount`, `reccount`, `reconut`, `recounnt`, `recountt`, `recoutn`, `recuont`, `reocunt`, `rrecount`

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