# footy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfʊti/ · frequency rank #23,834

## Definitions
1. Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).
2. The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer.
3. The ball used in a game of footy.
4. A short sock.
5. A football fan.
6. Footsy (flirting game where two people touch their feet together).
7. A footjob.

## Easily confused with
- **foy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footy-vs-foy)
- **fort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footy-vs-fort)
- **foxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footy-vs-foxy)
- **forth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footy-vs-forth)
- **forty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footy-vs-forty)
- **forte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footy-vs-forte)
- **foray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footy-vs-foray)
- **froth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footy-vs-froth)
- **frosty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footy-vs-frosty)
- **frothy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footy-vs-frothy)
- **foo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foo-vs-footy)
- **food** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/food-vs-footy)
- **foot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foot-vs-footy)
- **fool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fool-vs-footy)
- **font** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-footy)
- **foods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foods-vs-footy)
- **fifty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fifty-vs-footy)
- **fools** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fools-vs-footy)
- **fatty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fatty-vs-footy)
- **foley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foley-vs-footy)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ffooty`, `footty`, `footyy`, `fooyt`, `fotoy`, `foty`, `ofoty`

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