tomber en ruine
The verdict
“tomber en ruine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tomber-en-ruine · tomber en ruine · French
tomber en ruine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tomber en ruine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tomber en ruine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tomber en ruine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tomber en ruine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A Pont-du-Château même, la plupart des maisons réparées et bien entretenues sont celles où logent ces ouvriers ; beaucoup d'autres se délabrent, tombent en ruine.
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.