Direct get a count of row
Using Eloquent
//Useing Eloquent
$count = Model::count();
//example
$count1 = Wordlist::count();
Using query builder
//Using query builder
$count = \DB::table('table_name')->count();
//example
$count2 = \DB::table('wordlist')->where('id', '<=', $correctedComparisons)->count();