injurious

/ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/

//ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs// adj

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"injurious" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“injurious” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,292
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.

Corpus desk

Index EN-injurious · injurious · English

injurious · rank #48,292 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,292
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH inflame

Nearest frequency peer: inflame (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “injurious”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “injurious” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for injurious
PropertyValue
Headwordinjurious
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/
Letters9
Frequency rank#48,292
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “injurious”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).injuriouslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “inflame” (#48,291), “integrator” (#48,293), “infill” (#48,290). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “injurious” is #48,292. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around injurious (IPA /ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,292 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for injurious, with forms such as "ijnurious", "injjurious", and "injruious". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury + -ous. The correct English form is injurious, spelled I-N-J-U-R-I-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
  2. 2
    Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how injurious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. This injurious explanation dethroned the remainder of Bunson's dignity entirely.

Etymology

From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury + -ous.

Synonyms

scathelharmfulhurtfuldefamatoryinvidiouslibelousslanderous

This word in other languages

schädlich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ijnurious
  • injjurious
  • injruious
  • injuirous
  • injuriosu
  • injuriouss
  • injuriuos
  • injuroius
  • injurrious
  • innjurious
  • inujrious
  • nijurious

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of injurious - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ijnurious2injjurious1injruious2injuirous2injuriosu2injuriouss1injuriuos2injuroius2
Edit distance from "injurious"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "injurious"?
"injurious" is spelled I-N-J-U-R-I-O-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/.
What does "injurious" mean?
As an adjective, "injurious" means: Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
What are common misspellings of "injurious"?
Common misspellings include "ijnurious", "injjurious", "injruious", "injuirous", "injuriosu". The correct spelling is "injurious".
How do you pronounce "injurious"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "injurious" is /ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "injurious"?
From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury + -ous. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "injurious", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list