Which to use
“ruiné” and “ruinée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,469
- “ruiné” frequency rank
- #24,014
- “ruinée” frequency rank
- 37483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ruiné | ruinée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a perdu sa fortune. | Féminin singulier de ruiné. |
Same sound, different letters: ruiné vs ruinée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. ruiné runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against ruinée's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: ruiné vs ruinée
This is the hard kind. ruiné and ruinée are pronounced identically (\ʁɥi.ne\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ruiné” sits inside “ruinée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ruiné is recorded at frequency rank #13,469, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɥi.ne\. ruinée is at rank #24,014, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɥi.ne\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 37483, this pair ranks #262,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ruiné vs ruinée
Shared letters: inrué. Private to "ruiné": -. Private to "ruinée": e.
"ruiné" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "ruinée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ruiné" and "ruinée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ruiné" or "ruinée"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "ruiné" / "ruinée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ruiné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ruinée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ruiné" and "ruinée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ruinée vs Rune". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #262,189 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.