Which to use
“arruinado” and “arruinan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,627
- “arruinado” frequency rank
- #31,646
- “arruinan” frequency rank
- 51273
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arruinado | arruinan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de arruinar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de arruinar. |
Where the eye mixes arruinado and arruinan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. arruinado runs 9 letters (VCCVVCVCV) against arruinan's 8 (VCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: arruinado vs arruinan
A purely visual mix-up. arruinado ([arwiˈnað̞o]) and arruinan ([aˈrwinãn]) 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 51273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arruinado is recorded at frequency rank #19,627, classified as averb, pronounced [arwiˈnað̞o]. arruinan is at rank #31,646, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈrwinãn].
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 51273, this pair ranks #98,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arruinado vs arruinan
Shared letters: ainru. Private to "arruinado": do. Private to "arruinan": -.
"arruinado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCV · "arruinan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arruinado" for "arruinan" ever safe?
Which is more common, "arruinado" or "arruinan"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "arruinado" and "arruinan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arruinado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arruinan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arruinado" and "arruinan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arruinado 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 #98,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.