# syringe

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒ/ · frequency rank #20,511

## Definitions
1. A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
2. A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

## Etymology
From Middle French syringe (“syringe”), from Latin sȳringem, accusative of sȳrinx (“reed, panpipe”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.

## Easily confused with
- **syringes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/syringe-vs-syringes)
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spring-vs-syringe)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/string-vs-syringe)
- **shrine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-syringe)
- **serine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serine-vs-syringe)
- **strange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strange-vs-syringe)
- **springs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springs-vs-syringe)
- **strings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strings-vs-syringe)
- **springer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-syringe)
- **stringer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stringer-vs-syringe)
- **stringed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stringed-vs-syringe)

## Common misspellings (11)
`sryinge`, `ssyringe`, `syirnge`, `syrigne`, `syrineg`, `syringge`, `syrinnge`, `syrnige`, `syrringe`, `syyringe`, `ysringe`

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