injunction
in·junc·tion/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃən/noun
injunction is spelled I-N-J-U-N-C-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables (in·junc·tion). It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, injunction means “The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of injunction is injunctions.
How many letters and syllables are in injunction?
| Letters | 10: I-N-J-U-N-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: in·junc·tion |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is injunction?
Injunction appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce injunction?
- /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃən/
Injunction has 3 syllables, split in·junc·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-injunction.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of injunction
- injunctions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does injunction mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
- 2
That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept.
- 3
A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Injunction in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | injonction |
| German | Verfügung, Verfügen, Anordnen, Auferlegen |
| Portuguese | injunção |
| Spanish | inyunción, inyungimiento , requerimiento judicial, medidas cautelares, medida cautelar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does injunction come from?
From Middle English iniunccyon, iniunccion, from Old French injonctïon, from Latin iniūnctiō (“command, injunction”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).