foosball
foos·ball/ˈfuːsˌbɔːl/noun
foosball is spelled F-O-O-S-B-A-L-L: 8 letters and 2 syllables (foos·ball). It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, foosball means “table soccer (US), table football (UK)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in foosball?
| Letters | 8: F-O-O-S-B-A-L-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: foos·ball |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is foosball?
Foosball appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce foosball?
- /ˈfuːsˌbɔːl/
- /ˈfuːzˌbɔːl/
Foosball has 2 syllables, split foos·ball in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-foosball.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does foosball mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUStable soccer (US), table football (UK)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Foosball in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense table soccer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | baby-foot, baby, soccer de table |
| German | Tischfußball, Kicker, Krökeln, Wuzzler, Töggelen |
| Portuguese | futebol de mesa, matraquilhos, pebolim, totó, fla-flu, matrecos |
| Spanish | futbolín, futbolito, tacataca, metegol, fulbito |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does foosball come from?
From German Fußball, itself a calque of English football.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).