# spiteful

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈspaɪtfʊl/ · frequency rank #32,190

## Definitions
1. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.

## Etymology
From Middle English spytefulle. By surface analysis, spite + -ful.

## Common misspellings (12)
`psiteful`, `sipteful`, `spietful`, `spitefful`, `spiteflu`, `spitefull`, `spiteufl`, `spitfeul`, `spitteful`, `sppiteful`, `sptieful`, `sspiteful`

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