# infectious vs injections

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### infectious
*adjective · IPA /ɪnˈfɛk.ʃəs/ · frequency rank #9,481*
Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).

### injections
*noun · IPA /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃəns/ · frequency rank #14,569*
plural of injection

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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