# barefoot

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbɛɹfʊt/ · frequency rank #17,298

## Definitions
1. Wearing nothing on the feet.
2. Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
3. Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.

## Etymology
From Middle English barefote, barfot, from Old English bærfōt (“barefoot”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀafōt, from Proto-Germanic *bazafōts (“barefoot”) equivalent to bare + foot. Cognate with Scots barefit (“barefoot”), Old Frisian berfōt ("barefoot"; modern Saterland Frisian boarfouts (“barefoot”, adverb)), Dutch barrevoets (“barefoot”, adverb), German barfuß (“barefoot”), Danish barfodet (“barefoot”), Swedish barfota (“barefoot”, adverb), Icelandic berfættur (“barefoot”), Yiddish באָרוועס (borves, “barefoot”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`abrefoot`, `baerfoot`, `bareffoot`, `barefoott`, `barefot`, `barefoto`, `bareofot`, `barfeoot`, `barrefoot`, `bbarefoot`, `braefoot`

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