# footing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfʊtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #14,947

## Definitions
1. A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
2. A standing; position; established place; foothold.
3. A relative condition; state.
4. A tread; step; especially, a measured tread.
5. A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
6. Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
7. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
8. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
9. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
10. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
11. The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
12. A double-check of the numbers vertically.

## Etymology
From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **forcing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footing-vs-forcing)
- **forming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footing-vs-forming)
- **forging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footing-vs-forging)
- **fouling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footing-vs-fouling)
- **forking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footing-vs-forking)
- **frosting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footing-vs-frosting)
- **fronting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footing-vs-fronting)
- **fitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fitting-vs-footing)
- **flowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flowing-vs-footing)
- **folding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-footing)
- **fasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fasting-vs-footing)
- **fooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-footing)
- **farting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-footing)
- **foaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foaming-vs-footing)
- **fisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisting-vs-footing)
- **floating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/floating-vs-footing)
- **flooding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooding-vs-footing)
- **flooring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flooring-vs-footing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ffooting`, `fooitng`, `footign`, `footingg`, `footinng`, `footnig`, `footting`, `foting`, `fotoing`, `ofoting`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/footing