Which to use
“ruinés” is an adjective and “runner” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,536
- “ruinés” frequency rank
- #24,015
- “runner” frequency rank
- 61551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ruinés | runner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de ruiné. | Coureur à pied qui pratique le running (axé sur la recherche de la performance). |
Where the eye mixes ruinés and runner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ruinés vs runner
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ruinés is \ʁɥi.ne\ while runner is \ʁə.nœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ruinés is recorded at frequency rank #37,536, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɥi.ne\. runner is at rank #24,015, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.nœʁ\.
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 61551, this pair ranks #91,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ruinés vs runner
Shared letters: nru. Private to "ruinés": isé. Private to "runner": e.
"ruinés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "runner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- runner ← rnuner · rrunner · runenr · runer · runnerr · runnre · urnner
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ruinés" for "runner" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ruinés" vs "runner" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ruinés" and "runner" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ruinés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "runner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ruinés" and "runner" 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 #91,650 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.