injury

/ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/

//ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi// noun

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"injury" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“injury” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,865. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,865
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Damage to the body of a living thing.

Corpus desk

Index EN-injury · injury · English

injury · rank #1,865 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,865
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH henry

Nearest frequency peer: henry (-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 “injury”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “injury” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

injury vs insure
67% similar
injury vs inquiry
71% similar
injury vs incur
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for injury
PropertyValue
Headwordinjury
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,865
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “injury”

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).injurylands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “henry” (#1,864), “iron” (#1,866), “helps” (#1,863). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “injury” is #1,865. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around injury (IPA /ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,865 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for injury, with forms such as "ijnury", "injjury", and "injruy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "insure", "inquiry", "incur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria. The correct English form is injury, spelled I-N-J-U-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Damage to the body of a living thing.
  2. 2
    Other forms of damage sustained by a living thing, e.g. psychologically.
  3. 3
    The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
  4. 4
    Injustice.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
  2. He got a shoulder injury in the nets three days before the match.

Etymology

From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.

Synonyms

injurywoundscathscathelesiondere

This word in other languages

herida(Español)blessure(Français)Verletzung(Deutsch)ferida(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ijnury
  • injjury
  • injruy
  • injurry
  • injuryy
  • injuyr
  • innjury
  • inujry
  • nijury

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of injury - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ijnury2injjury1injruy2injurry1injuryy1injuyr2innjury1inujry2
Edit distance from "injury"

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 "injury"?
"injury" is spelled I-N-J-U-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/.
What does "injury" mean?
As a noun, "injury" means: Damage to the body of a living thing.
What words are commonly confused with "injury"?
"injury" is commonly confused with "insure", "inquiry", "incur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "injury"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "injury" is /ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/. 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 "injury"?
From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria. 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 "injury", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list