ruinas

[ˈrwinas]

/[ˈrwinas]/ noun

The verdict

“ruinas” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,457. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,457
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lo que queda de un edificio, una ciudad o una civilización destruidos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ruinas · ruinas · Spanish

ruinas · rank #6,457 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,457
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH sacaron

Nearest frequency peer: sacaron (+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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “ruinas”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “ruinas” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

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).

ruinas vs runa
67% similar
ruinas vs rusas
67% similar
ruinas vs rutina
67% similar

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

Key facts for ruinas
PropertyValue
Headwordruinas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrwinas]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,457
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ruinas”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).ruinascae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “sacaron” (#6,458), “romance” (#6,455), “sesenta” (#6,459). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “ruinas” va en #6,457. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around ruinas (IPA [ˈrwinas]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,457 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lo que queda de un edificio, una ciudad o una civilización destruidos.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ruinas, with forms such as "riunas", "rruinas", and "ruians". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "runa", "rusas", "rutina", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is ruinas, spelled R-U-I-N-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lo que queda de un edificio, una ciudad o una civilización destruidos.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • riunas
  • rruinas
  • ruians
  • ruinass
  • ruinnas
  • ruinsa
  • runias
  • urinas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ruinas - 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.

riunas2rruinas1ruians2ruinass1ruinnas1ruinsa2runias2urinas2
Edit distance from "ruinas"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ruinas"?
"ruinas" is spelled R-U-I-N-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrwinas].
What does "ruinas" mean?
As a noun, "ruinas" means: Lo que queda de un edificio, una ciudad o una civilización destruidos.
What words are commonly confused with "ruinas"?
"ruinas" is commonly confused with "runa", "rusas", "rutina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ruinas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ruinas" is [ˈrwinas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ruinas" come from?
"ruinas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list