# footy vs forth

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### footy
*noun · IPA /ˈfʊti/ · frequency rank #23,834*
Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).

### forth
*adverb · IPA /fɔːθ/ · frequency rank #3,625*
Forward in time, place or degree.

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