footlight
"footlight" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“footlight” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.
Corpus desk
Index EN-footlight · footlight · English
footlight · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | footlight |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “footlight” in English
Rare enough to double-check
footlight is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.".
Zero misspellings are on record for footlight in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From foot + light. The correct English form is footlight, spelled F-O-O-T-L-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how footlight appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You see, she was gonna be an actress / And I was gonna learn to fly / She took off to find the footlights / I took off to find the sky
Blinded to the astonishment of a thousand spectators by the force of the footlights, [Derek] Jacobi realised he'd dried.
Etymology
From foot + light.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.