Which to use
“arruinada” and “arruinados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,424
- “arruinada” frequency rank
- #47,567
- “arruinados” frequency rank
- 80991
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arruinada | arruinados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de arruinado, participio de arruinar. | Forma del plural de arruinado, participio de arruinar. |
Where the eye mixes arruinada and arruinados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. arruinada runs 9 letters (VCCVVCVCV) against arruinados's 10 (VCCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between arruinada and arruinados
A purely visual mix-up. arruinada ([arwiˈnað̞a]) and arruinados ([arwiˈnað̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80991, 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]. arruinados is at rank #47,567, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [arwiˈnað̞os].
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 80991, this pair ranks #10,968 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of arruinada vs arruinados
Shared letters: adinru. Private to "arruinada": -. Private to "arruinados": os.
"arruinada" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCV · "arruinados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arruinada ← arriunada · arruianda · arruinaad · arruinadda · arruindaa · arruinnada · arruniada · aruinada
- arruinados ← arriunados · arruiandos · arruinaddos · arruinadoss · arruinadso · arruinaods · arruindaos · arruinnados
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arruinada" for "arruinados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "arruinada" vs "arruinados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "arruinada" and "arruinados" 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 "arruinados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,968 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arruinada" and "arruinados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arraigados 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 #10,968 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.