footswitch
noun
footswitch is a noun meaning “A switch or pedal controlled by the foot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-O-T-S-W-I-T-C-H, and it appears about once in every 38 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of footswitch is footswitches.
What does footswitch mean?
noun
- 1
A switch or pedal controlled by the foot.
- 2
An instance of switching one's feet, such as in a sport.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of footswitch
- footswitches plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is footswitch?
Footswitch appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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).
Where does footswitch come from?
From foot + switch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).