Which to use
“ruinée” and “ruinés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,014
- “ruinée” frequency rank
- #37,536
- “ruinés” frequency rank
- 61550
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ruinée | ruinés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de ruiné. | Masculin pluriel de ruiné. |
Same sound, different letters: ruinée vs ruinés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. ruinée (CVVCVV) and ruinés (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: ruinée vs ruinés
This is the hard kind. ruinée and ruinés 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 a single letter - e in “ruinée” becomes s in “ruinés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61550, 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\. ruinés is at rank #37,536, 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 61550, this pair ranks #91,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ruinée vs ruinés
Shared letters: inrué. Private to "ruinée": e. Private to "ruinés": s.
"ruinée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "ruinés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ruinée" for "ruinés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ruinée" vs "ruinés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"ruinée" and "ruinés" 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 "ruinés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ruinée" and "ruinés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ruinés vs Rune". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #91,659 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.