footmeal
"footmeal" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“footmeal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.
Corpus desk
Index EN-footmeal · footmeal · English
footmeal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | footmeal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “footmeal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
footmeal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.".
Zero misspellings are on record for footmeal in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal. The correct English form is footmeal, spelled F-O-O-T-M-E-A-L.
Definition
- 1Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how footmeal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grandees must covet condos, since they let bids rip, And "spaces" measured footmeal now reach record tops.
Etymology
From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal.
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.