injure
/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/verb
injure is spelled I-N-J-U-R-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, injure means “To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in injure?
| Letters | 6: I-N-J-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is injure?
Injure appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 injure?
- US /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
- UK /ˈɪn.dʒə/
Injure has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-injure.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with injure?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as injure from its last stressed vowel (/ɪndʒəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of injure
- injures present, singular, he/she/it
- injuring participle, present
- injured participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does injure mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.
- 2
To damage or impair.
- 3
To do injustice to.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Injure in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | blesser |
| German | verletzen |
| Portuguese | ferir, machucar |
| Spanish | lastimar, lisiar , injuriar |
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 injure come from?
A back-formation from injury, from Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).