# spent

> English word · Adjective · IPA /spɛnt/ · frequency rank #1,029

## Definitions
1. Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
2. Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.
3. Of legislation or an enactment: no longer in force due to all of its provisions having expired or been completed.
4. Of a conviction: no longer appearing on a person's criminal record.

## Easily confused with
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-spot)
- **spin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-spin)
- **spit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-spit)
- **spun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-spun)
- **Sven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-sven)
- **spew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-spew)
- **sweet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-sweet)
- **sport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-sport)
- **split** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-split)
- **sweat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-sweat)
- **swept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-swept)
- **spine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-spine)
- **stunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-stunt)
- **sperm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-sperm)
- **stint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-stint)
- **spins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-spins)
- **spout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-spout)
- **spilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-spilt)
- **spurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-spurt)
- **stent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spent-vs-stent)

## Common misspellings (8)
`psent`, `sepnt`, `spennt`, `spentt`, `spetn`, `spnet`, `sppent`, `sspent`

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