Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counting sort

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: count-ing -sort
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sorting algorithm that counts how many times each integer key appears in an array and then reorders the array based on those counts.

Inflected Forms

counting sorts (plural)

Questions

What does counting sort mean?: A sorting algorithm that counts how many times each integer key appears in an array and then reorders the array based on those counts.

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