Which to use
“infuse” and “injure” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,191
- “infuse” frequency rank
- #20,392
- “injure” frequency rank
- 56583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infuse | injure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. | To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature. |
Where the eye mixes infuse and injure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. infuse and injure follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses infuse with injure
A purely visual mix-up. infuse (/ɪnˈfjuz/) and injure (/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infuse is recorded at frequency rank #36,191, classified as averb, pronounced /ɪnˈfjuz/. injure is at rank #20,392, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/.
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 56583, this pair ranks #125,227 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of infuse vs injure
Shared letters: einu. Private to "infuse": fs. Private to "injure": jr.
"infuse" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "injure" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "infuse" and "injure" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "infuse" or "injure"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "infuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "injure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,227 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infuse" and "injure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infuse vs Inoue". 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 #125,227 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.