injuriar
[ĩŋxuˈɾjaɾ]
The verdict
“injuriar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #93,164 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #93,164
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obrar o hablar contra la dignidad de otra persona, menoscabando su fama o atentando contra su propia estimación.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | injuriar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩŋxuˈɾjaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “injuriar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for injuriar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩŋxuˈɾjaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #93,164 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for injuriar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is injuriar, spelled I-N-J-U-R-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1Obrar o hablar contra la dignidad de otra persona, menoscabando su fama o atentando contra su propia estimación.
- 2Ofender con palabras o acciones.
- 3Causar daño, menoscabo, deterioro o inconvenientes.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “injuriar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-J-U-R-I-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩŋxuˈɾjaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.