Which to use
“ruinée” is an adjective and “ruiner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,014
- “ruinée” frequency rank
- #10,938
- “ruiner” frequency rank
- 34952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ruinée | ruiner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de ruiné. | Détruire, transformer en ruine, abattre. |
Same sound, different letters: ruinée vs ruiner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. ruinée (CVVCVV) and ruiner (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - ruinée / ruiner
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ruinée and ruiner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁɥi.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ruinée is recorded at frequency rank #24,014, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɥi.ne\. ruiner is at rank #10,938, tagged as averb, 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 34952, this pair ranks #280,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ruinée vs ruiner
Shared letters: einru. Private to "ruinée": é. Private to "ruiner": -.
"ruinée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "ruiner" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ruiner ← riuner · rruiner · ruienr · ruinerr · ruinner · ruinre · runier
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ruinée" and "ruiner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ruinée" vs "ruiner" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"ruinée" and "ruiner" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "ruinée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ruiner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ruinée" and "ruiner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ruinée vs Rune". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #280,216 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.