ruge
[ˈruxe]
The verdict
“ruge” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #42,137) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #42,137
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de rugir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ruge · ruge · Spanish
ruge · rank #42,137 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,137
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH sabrían
Nearest frequency peer: sabrían (+1 rank slots)
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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “ruge”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- riega
riega
57,867 corpus weight
- rondaba
rondaba
57,866 corpus weight
- ruge
ruge
57,864 corpus weight
- sabrían
sabrían
57,863 corpus weight
- sacrilegio
sacrilegio
57,862 corpus weight
- sage
sage
57,861 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “ruge” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
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 | ruge |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈruxe] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #42,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “ruge”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ruge is neighbouring look-alikes ("run", "Rus", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈruxe]. Frequency #42,137 among 4,151 “R” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for ruge, with forms such as "rgue", "rruge", and "rueg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "run", "Rus", "Rut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ruge, spelled R-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de rugir.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de rugir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rgue
- rruge
- rueg
- rugge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ruge - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ruge", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).