# Ruinen vs runner

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ruinen
*noun · IPA [ʁuˈiːnən] · frequency rank #12,372*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ruine

### runner
*noun · IPA [ˈrʌnəʳ] · frequency rank #25,292*
Läufer

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ruinen-vs-runner