# raised vs ruined

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### raised
*verb · IPA /ɹeɪzd/ · frequency rank #1,534*
simple past and past participle of raise

### ruined
*verb · IPA /ˈruː.ɪnd/ · frequency rank #4,631*
simple past and past participle of ruin

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