Which to use
“arraigo” and “arruinó” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,314
- “arraigo” frequency rank
- #23,672
- “arruinó” frequency rank
- 49986
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arraigo | arruinó |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de arraigar o de arraigarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de arruinar. |
Where the eye mixes arraigo and arruinó
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. arraigo and arruinó follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: arraigo vs arruinó
A purely visual mix-up. arraigo ([aˈrajɣ̞o]) and arruinó ([arwiˈno]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arraigo is recorded at frequency rank #26,314, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈrajɣ̞o]. arruinó is at rank #23,672, tagged as averb, pronounced [arwiˈno].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49986, this pair ranks #105,728 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arraigo vs arruinó
Shared letters: air. Private to "arraigo": go. Private to "arruinó": nuó.
"arraigo" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "arruinó" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- arraigo ← araigo · ararigo · arragio · arraiggo · arraiog · arriago · raraigo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arraigo" for "arruinó" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "arraigo" or "arruinó" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "arraigo" and "arruinó" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arraigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arruinó" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,728 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arraigo" and "arruinó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arraigo vs atraiga". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #105,728 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.