spoiled

/spɔɪld/

//spɔɪld// verb

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"spoiled" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“spoiled” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,544. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,544
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of spoil

Corpus desk

Index EN-spoiled · spoiled · English

spoiled · rank #9,544 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,544
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH spoil

Nearest frequency peer: spoil (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “spoiled”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “spoiled” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

spoiled vs spoils
71% similar
spoiled vs spoilt
71% similar
spoiled vs spotted
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for spoiled
PropertyValue
Headwordspoiled
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/spɔɪld/
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,544
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “spoiled”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).spoiledlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “spoil” (#9,543), “Stephanie” (#9,545), “Southampton” (#9,542). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “spoiled” is #9,544. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around spoiled (IPA /spɔɪld/), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,544 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of spoil".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for spoiled, with forms such as "psoiled", "sopiled", and "spioled". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "spoils", "spoilt", "spotted", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is spoiled, spelled S-P-O-I-L-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of spoil

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psoiled
  • sopiled
  • spioled
  • spoield
  • spoilde
  • spoiledd
  • spoilled
  • spolied
  • sppoiled
  • sspoiled

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spoiled - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

psoiled2sopiled2spioled2spoield2spoilde2spoiledd1spoilled1spolied2
Edit distance from "spoiled"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spoiled"?
"spoiled" is spelled S-P-O-I-L-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /spɔɪld/.
What does "spoiled" mean?
As a verb, "spoiled" means: simple past and past participle of spoil
What words are commonly confused with "spoiled"?
"spoiled" is commonly confused with "spoils", "spoilt", "spotted". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spoiled"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spoiled" is /spɔɪld/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spoiled" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "spoiled", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list