Which to use
“arruinada” is a participle and “arruinado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,424
- “arruinada” frequency rank
- #19,627
- “arruinado” frequency rank
- 53051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arruinada | arruinado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de arruinado, participio de arruinar. | Participio de arruinar. |
Where the eye mixes arruinada and arruinado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. arruinada and arruinado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: arruinada vs arruinado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: arruinada is [arwiˈnað̞a] while arruinado is [arwiˈnað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “arruinada” becomes o in “arruinado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arruinada is recorded at frequency rank #33,424, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [arwiˈnað̞a]. arruinado is at rank #19,627, tagged as averb, pronounced [arwiˈnað̞o].
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 53051, this pair ranks #89,731 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arruinada vs arruinado
Shared letters: adinru. Private to "arruinada": -. Private to "arruinado": o.
"arruinada" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCV · "arruinado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arruinada" for "arruinado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "arruinada" or "arruinado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "arruinada" and "arruinado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arruinada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arruinado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,731 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arruinada" and "arruinado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arruinada vs arruinados". 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 #89,731 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.