The function counts the number of occurrences of the first character in the input string and returns the count as an English word. 

[CODE]:
```python
def approx_function(s: str) -> str:
    count = s.count(s[0])
    words = {0: "zero", 1: "one", 2: "two", 3: "three", 4: "four", 5: "five",
             6: "six", 7: "seven", 8: "eight", 9: "nine", 10: "ten"}

    return words[count]
```