countvscuñaWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“count” and “cuña” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,543
“count” frequency rank
#24,091
“cuña” frequency rank
73634
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature count cuña
Definition Conde. Pequeña pieza de madera o metal, con un borde más delgado, que se introduce entre otras dos piezas para ajustarlas, ensamblarlas, partirlas, separarlas o apretarlas.

Where the eye mixes count and cuña

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
count
4 ch
cuña

Visual trap between count and cuña

A purely visual mix-up. count (/kaʊnt/) and cuña ([ˈkuɲa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

count is recorded at frequency rank #49,543, classified as anoun, pronounced /kaʊnt/. cuña is at rank #24,091, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkuɲa].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 73634, this pair ranks #22,909 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of count vs cuña

Shared letters: cu. Private to "count": not. Private to "cuña": .

"count" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "cuña" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • countccount · conut · counnt · countt · coutn · cuont · ocunt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "count" for "cuña" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/kaʊnt/ versus [ˈkuɲa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "count" vs "cuña" - which ranks higher?
"cuña" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,091 in our Spanish list, against #49,543 for "count". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "count" and "cuña" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "count" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cuña" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,909 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "count" and "cuña" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coin vs count". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #22,909 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list