arruinadavsarruinadosConfusable pair

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.

9 ch
arruinada
10 ch
arruinados

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

  • arruinadaarriunada · arruianda · arruinaad · arruinadda · arruindaa · arruinnada · arruniada · aruinada
  • arruinadosarriunados · arruiandos · arruinaddos · arruinadoss · arruinadso · arruinaods · arruindaos · arruinnados

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "arruinada" for "arruinados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([arwiˈnað̞a] versus [arwiˈnað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "arruinada" vs "arruinados" - which ranks higher?
"arruinada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,424 in our Spanish list, against #47,567 for "arruinados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list