foothill
"foothill" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foothill” is uncommon English (frequency #51,708 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,708
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
Corpus desk
Index EN-foothill · foothill · English
foothill · rank #51,708 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,708
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fondle
Nearest frequency peer: fondle (-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 neighbourhood for “foothill”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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Fergusson
48,299 corpus weight
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fireballs
48,298 corpus weight
- firebrand
firebrand
48,297 corpus weight
- fondle
fondle
48,294 corpus weight
- foothill
foothill
48,293 corpus weight
- frugality
frugality
48,287 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “foothill” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foothill |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “foothill” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
foothill is uncommon English at frequency #51,708 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for foothill in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From foot + hill. The correct English form is foothill, spelled F-O-O-T-H-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how foothill appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The summit of the climb came 38km from the end of stage 14, which began in Limoux and ended in Foix in the foothills of the Pyrenees, and the incident occurred as the peloton emerged into the light and passed under the banner at the top, a quarter of an hour behind a five-man breakaway.
Etymology
From foot + hill.
This word in other languages
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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