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SQL order by count

Question:
I need to know how to order by the count of the selected field. For example: 

Select xxx count(xxx)
from prod-table
order by xxx
I'd like to order/rank field xxx highest to lowest.
Answer: 
You want to write:

select xxx,count(*)
from prod-table
group by xxx
order by count(*)
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