ruination
\ˌɹuː.ɪ.ˈneɪ.ʃən\
The verdict
“ruination” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ruine, destruction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ruination · ruination · French
ruination · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ruination |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌɹuː.ɪ.ˈneɪ.ʃən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ruination » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ruination is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌɹuː.ɪ.ˈneɪ.ʃən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ruine, destruction.".
ruination has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ruination, spelled R-U-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ruine, destruction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ruination appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There was yet another layer, even larger, in which Frank Herbert was warning that entire societies could be led to ruination by heroes.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.