feets

Feets is a nonstandard or informal form that may be encountered as a misspelling or playful plural of the word foot. The standard plural in English for foot is feet, while the singular is foot. The form feets does not reflect the regular pluralization rules of English and is generally treated as an error in formal writing or careful editing.

Usage and contexts vary. Feets commonly appears in informal writing, humor, children's text, or social media as a deliberate or accidental overgeneralization of the typical -s plural pattern found with many English nouns. In these contexts it is usually understood as a misspelling or nonce form rather than a legitimate grammatical variant. Some creators or brands may adopt the term as a proper noun for branding purposes, in which case feets functions as a name rather than a plural of foot.

Linguistically, feets illustrates how English pluralization can be irregular (feet) and how speakers may overgeneralize patterns from regular nouns. In standard prose and formal usage, feets should be avoided in favor of feet. If nonstandard spelling is intentional for effect, it should be clearly contextualized to avoid confusion.

See also: foot, feet, plural, orthography, nonstandard English.