foot

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “foot”

Definition

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.
2. 2
   Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
3. 3
   Travel by walking.
4. 4
   The base or bottom of anything.
5. 5
   The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
6. 6
   The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
7. 7
   A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
8. 8
   A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
9. 9
   A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
10. 10
    A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
11. 11
    A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
12. 12
    Foot soldiers; infantry.
13. 13
    The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
14. 14
    The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
15. 15
    The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
16. 16
    The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
17. 17
    The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
18. 18
    The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
19. 19
    The bottom edge of a sail.
20. 20
    The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
21. 21
    In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
22. 22
    The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
23. 23
    The globular lower domain of a protein.
24. 24
    The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
25. 25
    Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
26. 26
    Recognized condition; rank; footing.

Etymology

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. Cognates *Scots fit (“foot”) *Yola voote (“foot”) *North Frisian fut, fötj (“foot”) *Saterland Frisian Fout (“foot”) *West Frisian foet (“foot”) *Cimbrian buus, vuaz, vuus (“foot”) *Dutch voet (“foot”) *Dutch Low Saxon voot (“foot”) *German Fuß, Fuss (“foot”) *German Low German Faut, Foot (“foot”) *Gottscheerish vúəs (“foot”) *Luxembourgish Fouss (“foot”) *Mòcheno vuas (“foot”) *Vilamovian füs (“foot”) *Yiddish פֿוס (fus, “foot”) *Danish fod (“foot”) *Faroese, Icelandic fótur (“foot”) *Jamtish fót (“foot”) *Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish fot (“foot”) *Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus, “foot”).

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

• ffoot
• foott
• fot
• foto
• ofot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foot - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

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