injustice
/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/noun
injustice is spelled I-N-J-U-S-T-I-C-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, injustice means “Absence of justice; unjustice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of injustice is injustices.
How many letters and syllables are in injustice?
| Letters | 9: I-N-J-U-S-T-I-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.5 times per million words; the 9,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is injustice?
Injustice appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd 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 injustice?
- US /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/
Injustice has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-injustice.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with injustice?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as injustice from its last stressed vowel (/ʌstɪs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of injustice
- injustices plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does injustice mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Absence of justice; unjustice.
- 2
Violation of the rights of another person or people.
Silence in the face of gross injustice, or support for it, or even active involvement therein, comes at a price.
- 3
Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.
noun
- 1
derogatoryJustice (title of a justice of court), seen as being unjust.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Injustice in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense absence of justice:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | injustice |
| German | Unrecht, Ungerechtigkeit |
| Portuguese | injustiça |
| Spanish | injusticia |
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 injustice come from?
From Middle English injustice, from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- + justice. Displaced native Old English unrihtwīsnes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).