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foot

[fʊt̚]noun, verb

foot is spelled F-O-O-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 74 times per million words in written English, the 1,427th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, foot means “A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of foot is feet.

How many letters and syllables are in foot?

Letters4: F-O-O-T
Syllables1
In writing74 times per million words; the 1,427th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 foot?

Foot appears 74 times per million words in written English, the 1,427th 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 foot?

  • /fʊt/
  • [fʊt]
  • US [fʊt̚]

Foot has one syllable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-foot.ogg, En-uk-foot.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-foot.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of foot

  • feet plural
  • foots present, singular, he/she/it
  • footing participle, present
  • footed participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does foot mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.

    A spider has eight feet.

  2. 2

    Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.

    Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.

  3. 3

    Travel by walking.

    We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.

  4. 4

    The base or bottom of anything.

    I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.

  5. 5

    The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.

    We came and stood at the foot of the bed.

  6. 6

    The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.

    The host should sit at the foot of the table.

  7. 7

    A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.

    The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.

  8. 8

    A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.

    The flag pole, which is 20 feet high, was hoisted by a six-foot tall man.

verb

  1. 1

    To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).

  2. 2

    To pay (a bill).

  3. 3

    To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

    There's time enough, I hope, To foot a measure with the bonnie bride,

  4. 4

    To walk.

  5. 5

    archaicTo set foot on; to walk on.

  6. 6

    obsoleteTo set on foot; to establish; to land.

  7. 7

    To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).

  8. 8

    To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.

    to foot (or foot up) an account

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate foot?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of foot: ft.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Foot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpied (part of human body), patte (part of animal’s body), donner un coup de pied (kick), payer (pay)
GermanFuß, Fuss, Fuaß (part of human body), Pfote (part of animal’s body), bezahlen (pay)
Portuguesepé (part of human body), pata (part of animal’s body), chutar (kick), pagar (pay)
Spanishpie, pata, pinrel, queso, taba, peana (part of human body)

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 foot come from?

From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of pes, pie (“Spanish unit of length”), and pous.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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