# Word Count discrepancy with MS Word

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**Category:** Scrivener for macOS\
**Tags:** support\
**Created:** [September 26, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/word-count-discrepancy-with-ms-word/28039 "2014-09-26T04:06:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/word-count-discrepancy-with-ms-word/28039/1 "2014-09-26T04:06:10Z")

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I have a manuscript of 151,000 words that I’ve compiled in Scrivener and opened with MS Word where the word count is 149,000? I believe I’ve checked carefully and can not come up with a reason for the discrepancy? So I’m wondering if anyone is aware of a reason? perhaps MS Word carries out the computation differently? Thanks!

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