# spoils

> English word · Noun · IPA /spɔɪlz/ · frequency rank #18,961

## Definitions
1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty.
2. Waste material left over in the course of excavation, construction, mining, or dredging operations.
3. Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage.

## Easily confused with
- **spots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoils-vs-spots)
- **spool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoils-vs-spool)
- **sports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoils-vs-sports)
- **spoons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoils-vs-spoons)
- **spoilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoils-vs-spoilt)
- **soil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soil-vs-spoils)
- **souls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/souls-vs-spoils)
- **spill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spill-vs-spoils)
- **spoil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoil-vs-spoils)
- **spies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spies-vs-spoils)
- **sails** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sails-vs-spoils)
- **spins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spins-vs-spoils)
- **spilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spilt-vs-spoils)
- **spills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spills-vs-spoils)
- **spoiled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoiled-vs-spoils)
- **spoiler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoiler-vs-spoils)

## Common misspellings (9)
`psoils`, `sopils`, `spiols`, `spoills`, `spoilss`, `spoisl`, `spolis`, `sppoils`, `sspoils`

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