Which to use
“ruiner” is a verb and “ruinés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,938
- “ruiner” frequency rank
- #37,536
- “ruinés” frequency rank
- 48474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ruiner | ruinés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Détruire, transformer en ruine, abattre. | Masculin pluriel de ruiné. |
Same sound, different letters: ruiner vs ruinés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. ruiner and ruinés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - ruiner / ruinés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ruiner and ruinés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁɥi.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 48474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ruiner is recorded at frequency rank #10,938, classified as averb, 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 48474, this pair ranks #178,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ruiner vs ruinés
Shared letters: inru. Private to "ruiner": e. Private to "ruinés": sé.
"ruiner" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "ruinés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ruiner ← riuner · rruiner · ruienr · ruinerr · ruinner · ruinre · runier
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ruiner" and "ruinés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ruiner" or "ruinés"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ruiner" 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 #178,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ruiner" and "ruinés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ruinés 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 #178,608 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.