footer
/ˈfʊtə(ɹ)/
"footer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“footer” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #25,389 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #25,389
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A footgoer; pedestrian
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | footer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfʊtə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “footer” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for footer is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfʊtə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #25,389 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for footer, with forms such as "ffooter", "fooetr", and "footerr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "forte", "footy", "foyer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English footer, equivalent to foot + -er. The correct English form is footer, spelled F-O-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A footgoer; pedestrian
- 2A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.)
- 3Something that measures a stated number of feet in some dimension.
- 4Someone who has a preference for using a certain foot.
Etymology
From Middle English footer, equivalent to foot + -er.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffooter,fooetr,footerr,footre,footter,foter,fotoer,ofoter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of footer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “footer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-O-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfʊtə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “forte” - see the side-by-side comparison. footer vs forte
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.