PerlGrrl,
Welcome to the Monastery. Let's assume for a second that the reason you used an array is because you want to preserve order. You can use a disposable hash to find the unique counts. 
my @words; # Defined elsewhere
my %uniq;
++$uniq{$_} for @words;
for my $word (@words) {
    if (exists $uniq{$word}) {
        print "Word: $word\tCount: $uniq{$word}\n";
        delete $uniq{$word};
    }
}

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FYI, if you don't need to preserve the order than the array is unneccessary (just use the hash) and that would make it a frequently asked question.

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re: Newbie Q:How do I compare items within a string? by Limbic~Region
in thread Newbie Q:How do I compare items within a string? by PerlGrrl

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