ruineux
\ʁɥi.nø\
The verdict
“ruineux” is uncommon French (frequency #69,398 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,398
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui menace ruine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ruineux · ruineux · French
ruineux · rank #69,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,398
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Rubinstein
Nearest frequency peer: Rubinstein (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « ruineux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rousselle
rousselle
30,605 corpus weight
- Rubinstein
Rubinstein
30,604 corpus weight
- ruineux
ruineux
30,603 corpus weight
- réagirais
réagirais
30,602 corpus weight
- récupérons
récupérons
30,601 corpus weight
- réinvention
réinvention
30,600 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ruineux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ruineux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɥi.nø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ruineux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ruineux is uncommon French at frequency #69,398 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɥi.nø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
ruineux has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ruineux, spelled R-U-I-N-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui menace ruine.
- 2Qui est en ruine.
- 3Qui peut ruiner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ruineux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son fils ainé Claude de Rochebaron abandonna le château de Montarcher devenu ruineux, pour la maison-forte nouvellement construite de Marandière, à Estivareilles, où se voient ses armes et la date de 1468.
Au-delà des herbes qui bordaient le chemin, zigzaguait une palissade avachie et ruineuse, et, de celles qui poussaient près d'elle émergeaient, lamentables, les mancherons d'une charrue dont le soc rouillait paisiblement parmi la broussaille […]
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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