# foliage vs footage

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### foliage
*noun · IPA /ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/ · frequency rank #16,917*
The leaves of plants.

### footage
*noun · IPA /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #4,237*
An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foliage-vs-footage