feet

/fiːt/

//fiːt// noun

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"feet" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“feet” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,105) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,105
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of foot

Corpus desk

Index EN-feet · feet · English

feet · rank #1,105 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,105
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH fair

Nearest frequency peer: fair (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbours of confusable “feet”

Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below

corpus weight

What this shows Bars place “feet” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

feet vs few
50% similar
feet vs fit
50% similar
feet vs foe
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for feet
PropertyValue
Headwordfeet
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fiːt/
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,105
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus rank beside confusables of “feet”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).feetlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “fair” (#1,104), “Jesus” (#1,106), “drop” (#1,103). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “feet” is #1,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for feet is neighbouring look-alikes ("few", "fit", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /fiːt/. Frequency #1,105 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Gloss: "plural of foot".

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for feet, with forms such as "efet", "feett", and "ffeet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "few", "fit", "foe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fø… The correct English form is feet, spelled F-E-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of foot

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how feet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
  2. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.

Etymology

From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efet
  • feett
  • ffeet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of feet - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

efet2feett1ffeet1
Edit distance from "feet"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "feet"?
"feet" is spelled F-E-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is /fiːt/.
What does "feet" mean?
As a noun, "feet" means: plural of foot
What words are commonly confused with "feet"?
"feet" is commonly confused with "few", "fit", "foe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "feet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feet" is /fiːt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "feet"?
From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”),... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "feet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fair#1,104drop#1,103link#1,108sale#1,110

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list