# injury

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/ · frequency rank #1,865

## Definitions
1. Damage to the body of a living thing.
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.
4. Injustice.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **insure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/injury-vs-insure)
- **inquiry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/injury-vs-inquiry)
- **incur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incur-vs-injury)
- **injure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/injure-vs-injury)
- **injured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/injured-vs-injury)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ijnury`, `injjury`, `injruy`, `injurry`, `injuryy`, `injuyr`, `innjury`, `inujry`, `nijury`

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