shoe size
"shoe-size" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shoe size” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The size of shoe that fits a person, often indicated by an alphanumeric code.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shoe-size · shoe size · English
shoe size · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | shoe size |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shoe size” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shoe size is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The size of shoe that fits a person, often indicated by an alphanumeric code.".
Zero misspellings are on record for shoe size in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is shoe size, spelled S-H-O-E- -S-I-Z-E.
Definition
- 1The size of shoe that fits a person, often indicated by an alphanumeric code.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shoe size appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What's your shoe size?
What shoe size are you / do you take?
This word in other languages
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.