spoilt

/spɔɪlt/

//spɔɪlt// adj

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"spoilt" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“spoilt” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,591. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,591
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having lost its original value

Corpus desk

Index EN-spoilt · spoilt · English

spoilt · rank #25,591 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,591
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH spindle

Nearest frequency peer: spindle (-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 “spoilt”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “spoilt” 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).

spoilt vs spot
67% similar
spoilt vs sport
67% similar
spoilt vs spout
67% similar

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

Key facts for spoilt
PropertyValue
Headwordspoilt
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/spɔɪlt/
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,591
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “spoilt”

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).spoiltlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “spindle” (#25,590), “spoof” (#25,592), “sparsely” (#25,589). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “spoilt” is #25,591. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around spoilt (IPA /spɔɪlt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,591 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for spoilt, with forms such as "psoilt", "sopilt", and "spiolt". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "spot", "sport", "spout", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is spoilt, spelled S-P-O-I-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having lost its original value
  2. 2
    Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
  3. 3
    Having a selfish or greedy character, especially due to pampering

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how spoilt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The food went spoilt in the heat and had to be thrown away.
  2. The child was so spoilt that she expected everything to be done for her.

Antonyms

eatableediblefreshgoodunspoiltunspoilt

This word in other languages

estropeado(Español)gâté(Français)verdorben(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psoilt
  • sopilt
  • spiolt
  • spoillt
  • spoiltt
  • spoitl
  • spolit
  • sppoilt
  • sspoilt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spoilt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

psoilt2sopilt2spiolt2spoillt1spoiltt1spoitl2spolit2sppoilt1
Edit distance from "spoilt"

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 "spoilt"?
"spoilt" is spelled S-P-O-I-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is /spɔɪlt/.
What does "spoilt" mean?
As an adjective, "spoilt" means: Having lost its original value
What words are commonly confused with "spoilt"?
"spoilt" is commonly confused with "spot", "sport", "spout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spoilt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spoilt" is /spɔɪlt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spoilt" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sporty#25,593snitch#25,583sweats#25,603tangle#25,610

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

staffer9 variantstodays9 variantsRiyadh9 variantsPullman9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list