tootsie
/ˈtʊtsi/
"tootsie" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tootsie” is uncommon English (frequency #51,453 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,453
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A young woman.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tootsie · tootsie · English
tootsie · rank #51,453 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,453
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Toomey
Nearest frequency peer: Toomey (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “tootsie”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- thorp
thorp
48,554 corpus weight
- tikka
tikka
48,553 corpus weight
- timur
timur
48,552 corpus weight
- Tokio
Tokio
48,551 corpus weight
- Toomey
Toomey
48,549 corpus weight
- tootsie
tootsie
48,548 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tootsie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tootsie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʊtsi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,453 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tootsie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tootsie is uncommon English at frequency #51,453 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtʊtsi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
tootsie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tootsy-wootsy, originally a playful or nursery name for a small foot, from childish pronunciation of foot. The correct English form is tootsie, spelled T-O-O-T-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1A young woman.
- 2A toe.
- 3A foot, especially that of a woman or child.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tootsie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And a hoofer by the name of Buck Wing was gettin' ready to shake his tootsies!
Swedish massage techniques applied to your feet have reflexology effects, too, and give those tootsies the break they need.
Etymology
From tootsy-wootsy, originally a playful or nursery name for a small foot, from childish pronunciation of foot.
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.
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