diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ca0115e5011..3124396e64b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
+- `[@jest/core]` Use `pluralize` from `jest-util` rather than own internal ([#14322](https://github.com/jestjs/jest/pull/14322))
+
 ### Performance
 
 ## 29.6.1
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts
index 40c9f4c39c9a..20236a5c2d35 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import type {ChangedFilesPromise} from 'jest-changed-files';
 import {readConfigs} from 'jest-config';
 import type {IHasteMap} from 'jest-haste-map';
 import Runtime from 'jest-runtime';
-import {createDirectory, preRunMessage} from 'jest-util';
+import {createDirectory, pluralize, preRunMessage} from 'jest-util';
 import {TestWatcher} from 'jest-watcher';
 import {formatHandleErrors} from '../collectHandles';
 import getChangedFilesPromise from '../getChangedFilesPromise';
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import getSelectProjectsMessage from '../getSelectProjectsMessage';
 import createContext from '../lib/createContext';
 import handleDeprecationWarnings from '../lib/handleDeprecationWarnings';
 import logDebugMessages from '../lib/logDebugMessages';
-import pluralize from '../pluralize';
 import runJest from '../runJest';
 import type {Filter} from '../types';
 import watch from '../watch';
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFound.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFound.ts
index 3ccef939e006..931de697aa24 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFound.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFound.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
-import pluralize from './pluralize';
+import {pluralize} from 'jest-util';
 import type {TestRunData} from './types';
 
 export default function getNoTestFound(
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundVerbose.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundVerbose.ts
index d7d3f71a84f2..0f9ef7f1de00 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundVerbose.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/getNoTestFoundVerbose.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
-import pluralize from './pluralize';
+import {pluralize} from 'jest-util';
 import type {Stats, TestRunData} from './types';
 
 export default function getNoTestFoundVerbose(
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/pluralize.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/pluralize.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c9b0413ddd91..000000000000
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/pluralize.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-export default function pluralize(
-  word: string,
-  count: number,
-  ending: string,
-): string {
-  return `${count} ${word}${count === 1 ? '' : ending}`;
-}
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/pluralize.ts b/packages/jest-util/src/pluralize.ts
index 42c1242a7796..cc622b74b0e0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/pluralize.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/pluralize.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-export default function pluralize(word: string, count: number): string {
-  return `${count} ${word}${count === 1 ? '' : 's'}`;
+export default function pluralize(
+  word: string,
+  count: number,
+  ending = 's',
+): string {
+  return `${count} ${word}${count === 1 ? '' : ending}`;
 }