word count

noun

The number of words in a passage, a text, a speech, a corpus, etc.

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Meanings

nounword count (plural word counts)

plural word counts · alternative wordcount

  1. The number of words in a passage, a text, a speech, a corpus, etc.

    At NIE cafeteria, we estimated the total word count of the combined signage to be about 3000 words.

    2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 8

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 字數 /字数
  • 字數 /字数 (zìshù)number of words in a passage
Finnish sanamäärä
  • sanamääränumber of words in a passage
Japanese 字数
  • 字数 (jisū)number of words in a passage
Russian коли́чество сло́в, счёт сло́в
  • коли́чество сло́в (kolíčestvo slóv)number of words in a passage
  • счёт сло́в (sčot slóv)number of words in a passage
Tagalog bilang ng salita
  • bilang ng salitanumber of words in a passage
Cite this entry
APA

word count. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20count

MLA

“word count.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20count. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “word count,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20count.

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