That’s why it’s `itemCount` and not `itemsCount`. ;)

(Because the correct English term is “item count”, not “items count”.)

Personally, I tend to only name it “count” if it’s a variable that is used to keep a count, i.e. it is continually incremented as new items are processed.

Otherwise I tend to prefer `numItems`.

Yes, this is very close to bike-shedding. There is, however, an argument to be made for consistency in a code base.