ruinieren
[ʁuiˈniːʁən]
The verdict
“ruinieren” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #17,706 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #17,706
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (jemanden oder sich selbst) in den Ruin treiben, arm machen, (vor allem finanziell oder geschäftlich) zugrunde richten
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ruinieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʁuiˈniːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ruinieren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ruinieren is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁuiˈniːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,706 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ruinieren, with forms such as "riunieren", "rruinieren", and "ruiineren". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ruiniert", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ruinieren, spelled R-U-I-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1(jemanden oder sich selbst) in den Ruin treiben, arm machen, (vor allem finanziell oder geschäftlich) zugrunde richten
- 2(eine Sache) unbrauchbar machen, vernichten oder zerstören
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: riunieren,rruinieren,ruiineren,ruineiren,ruinieern,ruinierenn,ruinierne,ruinierren,ruinireen,ruinnieren,runiieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ruinieren - 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.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ruinieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-U-I-N-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁuiˈniːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ruiniert” - see the side-by-side comparison. ruinieren vs ruiniert
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.