# injure

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ · frequency rank #20,392

## Definitions
1. To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
2. To damage or impair.
3. To do injustice to.

## Etymology
A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

## Easily confused with
- **Inoue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/injure-vs-inoue)
- **injury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/injure-vs-injury)
- **insure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/injure-vs-insure)
- **injured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/injure-vs-injured)
- **insured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/injure-vs-insured)
- **insurer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/injure-vs-insurer)
- **inquire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/injure-vs-inquire)
- **incur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incur-vs-injure)
- **induce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/induce-vs-injure)
- **impure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/impure-vs-injure)
- **infuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infuse-vs-injure)
- **Indore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indore-vs-injure)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ijnure`, `injjure`, `injrue`, `injuer`, `injurre`, `innjure`, `inujre`, `nijure`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/injure