# football vs footballer

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### football
*noun · IPA /ˈfʊtbɔːl/ · frequency rank #806*
A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.

### footballer
*noun · IPA /ˈfʊtbɔːlə/ · frequency rank #11,386*
One who plays association football.

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