injury
in·ju·ry/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ.i/noun
injury is spelled I-N-J-U-R-Y: 6 letters and 3 syllables (in·ju·ry). It appears 55 times per million words in written English, the 1,865th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, injury means “Damage to the body of a living thing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of injury is injuries.
How many letters and syllables are in injury?
| Letters | 6: I-N-J-U-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: in·ju·ry |
| In writing | 55 times per million words; the 1,865th 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 injury?
Injury appears 55 times per million words in written English, the 1,865th 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 injury?
- UK /ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/
- UK /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɹi/
- US /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ.i/
Injury has 3 syllables, split in·ju·ry in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-injury.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of injury
- injuries plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- injurying participle, present
- injuried participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does injury mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Damage to the body of a living thing.
The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
- 2
Other forms of damage sustained by a living thing, e.g. psychologically.
- 3
The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
Slander is an injury to the character.
- 4
Injustice.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo wrong, to injure.
The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Injury in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | blessure |
| German | Verletzung, Wunde, Verwundung |
| Portuguese | ferida, lesão |
| Spanish | herida, lesión, lastimadura, lisiadura , injuria |
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 injury come from?
From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).