footsie

Name: footsie, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈfʊtsi/

//ˈfʊtsi// noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“footsie” is an uncommon English word, ranked #82,307 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#82,307
frequency rank, English: 7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.

Key facts for footsie
Property	Value
Headword	footsie
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈfʊtsi/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#82,307
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “footsie” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). footsie lands here:

#82,307

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for footsie is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfʊtsi/. Corpus data places it at rank #82,307 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for footsie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From foot + -sie. The correct English form is footsie, spelled F-O-O-T-S-I-E.

Definition

1
A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.
2
A foot.
3
A selfie (self-taken photograph) of one's feet.

Etymology

From foot + -sie.

This word in other languages

hacer piececitos(Español)faire du pied(Français)Füßeln(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "footsie"?

"footsie" is spelled F-O-O-T-S-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfʊtsi/.

What does "footsie" mean?

As a noun, "footsie" means: A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.

How do you pronounce "footsie"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "footsie" is /ˈfʊtsi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "footsie"?

From foot + -sie. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “footsie”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is F-O-O-T-S-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈfʊtsi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.