# rien vs ruin

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### rien
*pronoun · IPA [ʁjɛ̃] · frequency rank #30,237*
Nada.

### ruin
*adjective · IPA [ˈrwĩn] · frequency rank #30,659*
Que por su bajeza merece el desprecio.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/rien-vs-ruin