# arquivar vs arruinar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### arquivar
*verb · IPA /ɐɾ.ki.ˈvaɾ/ · frequency rank #24,525*
depositar em arquivo

### arruinar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.Rwi.ˈnaɾ/ · frequency rank #24,858*
transitivo direto:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/arquivar-vs-arruinar