Which to use
“reinar” is a verb and “ruína” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,110
- “reinar” frequency rank
- #17,138
- “ruína” frequency rank
- 40248
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reinar | ruína |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | governar um país como rei | um prédio ou local destruído, decaído |
Where the eye mixes reinar and ruína
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. reinar runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against ruína's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between reinar and ruína
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reinar is /Rɐj.ˈnaɾ/ while ruína is /ˈʀwi.nɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reinar is recorded at frequency rank #23,110, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɐj.ˈnaɾ/. ruína is at rank #17,138, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʀwi.nɐ/.
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 40248, this pair ranks #25,907 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reinar vs ruína
Shared letters: anr. Private to "reinar": ei. Private to "ruína": uí.
"reinar" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "ruína" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- reinar ← erinar · reianr · reinarr · reinnar · reinra · reniar · rienar · rreinar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reinar" for "ruína" ever safe?
Frequency check: "reinar" vs "ruína" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "reinar" and "ruína" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reinar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ruína" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,907 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reinar" and "ruína" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refinar vs reinar". 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 #25,907 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.