How do I know my true shoe size?

Measure the length and width of your foot. Using your ruler, measure the inches between the two parallel lines on either side of your foot: top to bottom and side to side. Subtract 3/16 of an inch from each number. Using the chart below, find your true shoe size based on the length of your foot. Find the right width.

What size shoe is 9.5 inches?

So to put it all together, let’s say you measure your foot’s length as 9-1/2 inches long; that gives you a basic U.S. women’s shoe size of 8.

Is your foot size same as your shoe size?

Your boot size will often not be the same as your shoe size, though for some people it will be. There are a few reasons for this. Partially, it has to do with the way that sizes are measured. Partially it has to do with the lasts that shoemakers use to make shoes.

Is a size 11 shoe 11 inches?

This is the basis for current UK and North American shoe sizes, with the largest shoe size taken as twelve inches (a size 12) i.e. 30.5 cm, and then counting backwards in barleycorn units, so a size 11 is 11.67 inches or 29.6 cm.