foot

/fʊt/

//fʊt// noun

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The verdict

“foot” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #43,017) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#43,017
frequency rank, Spanish
2,333
“F” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pie.

Corpus desk

Index ES-foot · foot · Spanish

foot · rank #43,017 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,017
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,333
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fontaine

Nearest frequency peer: Fontaine (-1 rank slots)

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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “foot”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “foot” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

foot vs for
50% similar
foot vs fox
50% similar
foot vs fut
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for foot
PropertyValue
Headwordfoot
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fʊt/
Letters4
Frequency rank#43,017
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “foot”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.footcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Fontaine” (#43,016), “formulaciones” (#43,019), “flashear” (#43,014). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “foot” va en #43,017. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for foot is neighbouring look-alikes ("for", "fox", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /fʊt/. Frequency #43,017 among 2,333 “F” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for foot, with forms such as "ffoot", "foott", and "fot". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "for", "fox", "fut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is foot, spelled F-O-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pie.
  2. 2
    Pata.
  3. 3
    Base.
  4. 4
    Pie (unidad de longitud).
  5. 5
    Pie (unidad métrica cuantitativa de verso).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how foot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffoot
  • foott
  • fot
  • ofot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foot - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffoot1foott1fot1ofot2
Edit distance from "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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "foot"?
"foot" is spelled F-O-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is /fʊt/.
What does "foot" mean?
As a noun, "foot" means: Pie.
What words are commonly confused with "foot"?
"foot" is commonly confused with "for", "fox", "fut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "foot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foot" is /fʊt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foot" come from?
"foot" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "foot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hang#43,049herr#43,051decí#42,935Daza#42,930

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list