# foot vs ford

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### foot
*noun · IPA /fʊt/ · frequency rank #1,426*
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.

### ford
*noun · IPA /fɔːd/ · frequency rank #2,996*
A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.

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