spoilage
"spoilage" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spoilage” is uncommon English (frequency #63,266 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,266
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The part of something that has spoiled.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spoilage · spoilage · English
spoilage · rank #63,266 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,266
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH spiritus
Nearest frequency peer: spiritus (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “spoilage”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- spearing
spearing
36,737 corpus weight
- spiritus
spiritus
36,736 corpus weight
- spoilage
spoilage
36,735 corpus weight
- sputum
sputum
36,734 corpus weight
- squelch
squelch
36,733 corpus weight
- stacker
stacker
36,732 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “spoilage” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spoilage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “spoilage” in English
Rare enough to double-check
spoilage is uncommon English at frequency #63,266 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for spoilage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From spoil + -age. The correct English form is spoilage, spelled S-P-O-I-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1The part of something that has spoiled.
- 2The process of spoiling.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how spoilage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To prevent spoilage, store in a cool, dry place.
Etymology
From spoil + -age.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).