# Bigfoot

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɪɡˌfʊt/ · frequency rank #23,473

## Definitions
1. A very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.

## Etymology
August/September 1958, originally Big Foot, big + foot, relating to the large size of its supposed footprints relative to human footprints.

## Easily confused with
- **bigot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bigfoot-vs-bigot)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbigfoot`, `bgifoot`, `bifgoot`, `bigffoot`, `bigfoott`, `bigfot`, `bigfoto`, `biggfoot`, `bigofot`, `ibgfoot`

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