# ruído vs ruir

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### ruído
*noun · IPA /ʁuˈi.du/ [hʊˈi.du], AFI: /ˈʁwi.du/ [ˈhwi.du] (coloquial) (faster pronunciation) · frequency rank #8,260*
som de pouca intensidade, confuso

### ruir
*verb · IPA /ˈRwiɾ/ · frequency rank #34,026*
desmoronar, desabar

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