spoilt
/spɔɪlt/adjective, verb
spoilt is spelled S-P-O-I-L-T: 6 letters. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, spoilt means “Having lost its original value” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in spoilt?
| Letters | 6: S-P-O-I-L-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is spoilt?
Spoilt appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce spoilt?
- /spɔɪlt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-spoilt.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-spoilt.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-spoilt.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with spoilt
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with spoilt?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as spoilt.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pistol.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of spoilt
- more spoilt comparative
- most spoilt superlative
- spoiled
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spoilt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
UKHaving lost its original value
- 2
UKOf food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
The food went spoilt in the heat and had to be thrown away.
- 3
UKHaving a selfish or greedy character, especially due to pampering
The child was so spoilt that she expected everything to be done for her.
verb
- 1
UKsimple past and past participle of spoil
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spoilt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gâté, pourri |
| German | verdorben , verwöhnt, verzogen |
| Portuguese | estragado , mimado |
| Spanish | estropeado, podrido , mimado, regalón, consentido, malcriado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.