tomber en ruine
The verdict
“tomber en ruine” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être dans un tel état de vétusté, de délabrement qu’il en tombe de temps en temps quelque partie, en parlant d'un édifice.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tomber en ruine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tomber en ruine” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tomber en ruine is 15 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Être dans un tel état de vétusté, de délabrement qu’il en tombe de temps en temps quelque partie, en parlant d'un édifice.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tomber en ruine, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tomber en ruine, spelled T-O-M-B-E-R- -E-N- -R-U-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Être dans un tel état de vétusté, de délabrement qu’il en tombe de temps en temps quelque partie, en parlant d'un édifice.
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.
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Using “tomber en ruine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-M-B-E-R- -E-N- -R-U-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.