spoil
[spɔɪl]
The verdict
“spoil” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden (meist ein Kind) zu sehr verwöhnen, falsch erziehen; verziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-spoil · spoil · German
spoil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spoil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [spɔɪl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “spoil” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
spoil is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [spɔɪl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for spoil, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is spoil, spelled S-P-O-I-L.
Definition
- 1jemanden (meist ein Kind) zu sehr verwöhnen, falsch erziehen; verziehen
- 2etwas schlecht, unbrauchbar machen; verderben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how spoil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"It’s easier to spoil the child, and maybe that’s why we’re doing it."
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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