injured
in·jured/ˈɪnd͡ʒɚd/adjective, verb
injured is spelled I-N-J-U-R-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables (in·jured). It appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, injured means “Suffering from an injury” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in injured?
| Letters | 7: I-N-J-U-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: in·jured |
| In writing | 32 times per million words; the 2,941st 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 injured?
Injured appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st 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 injured?
- US /ˈɪnd͡ʒɚd/
- UK /ˈɪndʒəd/
Injured has 2 syllables, split in·jured in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-injured.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of injured
- more injured comparative
- most injured superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does injured mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Suffering from an injury.
injured dog
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of injure
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).