Which to use
“footed” and “fouled” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,602
- “footed” frequency rank
- #26,431
- “fouled” frequency rank
- 46033
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | footed | fouled |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of foot | simple past and past participle of foul |
Where the eye mixes footed and fouled
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: footed vs fouled
A purely visual mix-up. footed (/ˈfʊtɪd/) and fouled (/faʊld/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
footed is recorded at frequency rank #19,602, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈfʊtɪd/. fouled is at rank #26,431, tagged as averb, pronounced /faʊld/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 46033, this pair ranks #215,616 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of footed vs fouled
Shared letters: defo. Private to "footed": t. Private to "fouled": lu.
"footed" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "fouled" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "footed" and "fouled" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "footed" or "fouled" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "footed" and "fouled" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "footed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fouled" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,616 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "footed" and "fouled" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fouled vs Foyle". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #215,616 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.