# urine

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈjʊəɹɪn/ · frequency rank #9,121

## Definitions
1. Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.

## Etymology
From Middle English uryne, from Latin ūrīna (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *woh₁-r̥ (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (see udder). Cognate with Old English ūriġ (“wet, moist”). Displaced native English land (“urine”) (from Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)), though lant survives with a specialized sense.

## Easily confused with
- **urn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urine-vs-urn)
- **using** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urine-vs-using)
- **uterine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urine-vs-uterine)
- **Uri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-urine)
- **ure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ure-vs-urine)
- **urge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urge-vs-urine)
- **uric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uric-vs-urine)
- **unite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unite-vs-urine)
- **Uribe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uribe-vs-urine)
- **Uriel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uriel-vs-urine)
- **Uriah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uriah-vs-urine)
- **urging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urging-vs-urine)
- **urinal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urinal-vs-urine)
- **Ukraine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ukraine-vs-urine)
- **urinate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urinate-vs-urine)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ruine`, `uirne`, `urien`, `urinne`, `urnie`, `urrine`

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