Try something like this:

This formula counts the number of times the text in Cell A1 occurs in D1:D10

=SUMPRODUCT(LEN(D1:D10)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(D1:D10),UPPER(A1),"")))/LEN(A1)

Example:
A1: Sugar

D1: Sugar and Spice
D2: Sugar Bears contain no Sugar.

Count of Sugar is 3.
Note: SUBSTITUTE is case sensitive, hence the UPPER function.

Change range references to suit your situation.

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"John Davies" wrote:

I have a range that has different car models. Is it possible to have a
formula to count the number of occurances of a particular world.

e.g. range has ther following data Panda Active, Panda Dynamic, Punto
Active, Punto Dynamic, Punto Eleganza etc. Is it possible to have a formula
that will return the number of times "Punto" is listed in the range, or
"Dynamic" is listed in the range.

Thanks in advance for any help

Regards
John