# Is your foot a foot? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 1, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572 "2008-04-01T19:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/1 "2008-04-01T19:58:52Z")
Mine isn’t. It’s 11 inches, if that. I have small feet – sue me. I’m wondering, though, whether the average of male feet does come out to somewhere around 12 inches. So measure your feet, and report back (with gender, if you please). ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/2 "2008-04-01T20:03:08Z")
I’m female and large of foot. My left foot is 10 1/8" long and my right foot is 10 1/4" long. I know this right off because I was thinking of ordering some shoes once, and measured my feet so I’d know what size to get, as their sizing scheme was not one I was used to. ---
**Author:** ![Bacillus\_Cereus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Bacillus\_Cereus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacillus_Cereus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/3 "2008-04-01T20:09:14Z")
Female 5’2’’ 8.5 inches (I have small feet) ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/4 "2008-04-01T20:09:56Z")
Never measured my unshod foot, but my shoes exactly fill a 12"x12" floor tile, so I can fairly accurately heel-and-toe a distance measurement. Size 9 in some shoes, 9 1/2 in others. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/5 "2008-04-01T20:10:08Z")
My right foot (while wearing a shoe, as I am not about to take off my shoe here in the office) is 10". I am a chick, btw. ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/6 "2008-04-01T20:23:32Z")
11-1/2" Male You know what they say about guys with big feet? He wears big shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/7 "2008-04-01T20:25:35Z")
9 inches and a little bit? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/8 "2008-04-01T20:31:51Z")
UK size 7, just over 10". But I make up for it in breadth, and often need bigger shoes as a result. Derive innuendo at will. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/9 "2008-04-01T21:22:29Z")
Thirteen inches. Male and I wear a size fourteen. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/10 "2008-04-01T21:32:16Z")
I’m male. My feet are just a hair over 12". They’re my second-largest extremity. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/11 "2008-04-01T21:38:51Z")
I where a 10 1/2 which one site said translates to 10.81 inches. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/12 "2008-04-01T21:55:01Z")
UK male size 12 or 13 (depending on brand of shoe), about 11.5 inches according to a conversion site. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/13 "2008-04-01T21:58:56Z")
About twelve inches? I don’t know. Every time I put my foot up and take a tape measure to it, my chair starts to spin around and I lose my balance. I’m a guy and my shoe size is 13 or 13 1/2 depending on the brand of shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/14 "2008-04-01T22:30:37Z")
Woah, check out the big feet on Dopers. Big feet, big… brain? [QUOTE=GorillaMan] UK size 7, just over 10". But I make up for it in breadth, and often need bigger shoes as a result. Derive innuendo at will. [/QUOTE] Hmm, my feet are, I measure, 10.5" long at the most, but I take at least a size 10 (that’s UK size, roughly size 11 on the US scale, I think). How on earth can you squeeze those feet into size 7 shoes? ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/15 "2008-04-01T22:57:53Z")
Female, 5’1", 8 inches. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/16 "2008-04-01T22:58:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Never measured my unshod foot, but my shoes exactly fill a 12"x12" floor tile, so I can fairly accurately heel-and-toe a distance measurement. Size 9 in some shoes, 9 1/2 in others. 😕 What kind of shoes? I wear size **12** shoes (sneakers), and they are exactly 12 inches long. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/17 "2008-04-01T23:07:25Z")
[QUOTE=Omegaman] Thirteen inches. Male and I wear a size fourteen. [/QUOTE] 😕 I wear a 15 and mine are 12 inches. Maybe I should try a 14. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/18 "2008-04-02T00:58:49Z")
Female. 5’5". My foot measures 9 1/4". ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/19 "2008-04-02T01:11:37Z")
According to the Internet, my feet are probably about 10" long… though I know there’s nearly half a shoe-size difference between my left and my right foot. I don’t have a ruler nearby, though. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572/20 "2008-04-02T16:00:05Z")
Female, 5’7", my foot is 8.5 inches long. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-foot-a-foot/443572.md?page=2)