ruína

/ˈʀwi.nɐ/

//ˈʀwi.nɐ// noun

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The verdict

“ruína” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,138
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - um prédio ou local destruído, decaído

Corpus desk

Index PT-ruina · ruína · Portuguese

ruína · rank #17,138 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,138
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH sangrar

Nearest frequency peer: sangrar (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “ruína”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “ruína” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ruína vs run
60% similar
ruína vs ruir
40% similar
ruína vs ruma
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ruína
PropertyValue
Headwordruína
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈʀwi.nɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,138
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ruína”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.ruínacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sangrar” (#17,139), “sardinha” (#17,140), “revogação” (#17,134). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “ruína” fica em #17,138. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ruína (IPA /ˈʀwi.nɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,138 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ruína, with forms such as "rruína", "runía", and "ruían". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "run", "ruir", "ruma", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is ruína, spelled R-U-Í-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    um prédio ou local destruído, decaído
  2. 2
    a queda ou destruição de alguma coisa
  3. 3
    perda completa da saúde, finanças, posição, esperança, etc
  4. 4
    algo que causa queda ou destruição

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ruína appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A bebida foi sua ruína.

Synonyms

eversãodescalabroprofligação

This word in other languages

ruin(English)ruina(Español)ruine(Français)Ruine(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rruína
  • runía
  • ruían
  • ruínna
  • ríuna
  • urína

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ruína - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rruína1runía2ruían2ruínna1ríuna2urína2
Edit distance from "ruína"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ruína"?
"ruína" is spelled R-U-Í-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʀwi.nɐ/.
What does "ruína" mean?
As a noun, "ruína" means: um prédio ou local destruído, decaído
What words are commonly confused with "ruína"?
"ruína" is commonly confused with "run", "ruir", "ruma". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ruína"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ruína" is /ˈʀwi.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ruína" come from?
"ruína" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ruína", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

raven#17,124tufão#17,166poupa#17,109pique#17,105

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

drop6 variantsGuido6 variantshart6 variantsjump6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list