# sailed vs spoiled

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sailed
*verb · IPA /seɪld/ · frequency rank #11,109*
simple past and past participle of sail

### spoiled
*verb · IPA /spɔɪld/ · frequency rank #9,544*
simple past and past participle of spoil

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sailed-vs-spoiled