# smiled vs spoiled

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### smiled
*verb · IPA /smaɪld/ · frequency rank #8,857*
simple past and past participle of smile

### 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/smiled-vs-spoiled