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footie

noun

footie is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of footy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-O-T-I-E, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of footie is footies.

What does footie mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of footy.

  2. 2

    A blanket sleeper or similar covering that covers the foot.

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

Forms of footie

  • footies plural

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

How common is footie?

Footie appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd 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).

Words people confuse with footie

Also written: footy.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).