Which to use
“injured” and “inquired” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,948
- “injured” frequency rank
- #30,097
- “inquired” frequency rank
- 33045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | injured | inquired |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of injure | simple past and past participle of inquire |
Where the eye mixes injured and inquired
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. injured runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against inquired's 8 (VCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between injured and inquired
A purely visual mix-up. injured (/ˈɪnd͡ʒɚd/) and inquired (/ɪnˈkwaɪɹd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
injured is recorded at frequency rank #2,948, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈɪnd͡ʒɚd/. inquired is at rank #30,097, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɪnˈkwaɪɹd/.
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 33045, this pair ranks #332,720 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of injured vs inquired
Shared letters: deinru. Private to "injured": j. Private to "inquired": q.
"injured" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "inquired" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "injured" and "inquired" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "injured" or "inquired"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "injured" and "inquired" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "injured" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inquired" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,720 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "injured" and "inquired" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inquired vs inquirer". 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 #332,720 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.