# footwork

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfʊt.wɜːk/ · frequency rank #24,756

## Definitions
1. Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement, as in sports or dancing.
2. A subgenre of juke/ghetto house and style of street dance that originated in Chicago in the early 1990s.

## Etymology
From foot + work.

## Common misspellings (12)
`ffootwork`, `footowrk`, `foottwork`, `footwokr`, `footworkk`, `footworrk`, `footwrok`, `footwwork`, `foowtork`, `fotowork`, `fotwork`, `ofotwork`

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