Sence or sense?
sence is an adverb meaning “Alternative form of since”; sense is a noun meaning “Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for…”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) sense is about 646 times as common as sence.
What is the difference between sence and sense?
| sence | sense | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adverb, preposition, conjunction | noun, verb |
| Meaning | Alternative form of since | Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel |
| Example | none recorded | a sense of security |
| Forms | none | senses |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /sɛns/ /sɛnts/ /sɪns/ |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words | 155 times per million words |
Sources: sence and sense in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of sence and sense
sence
- 1
Alternative form of since
- 2
Alternative form of since
- 3
Alternative form of since
sense
- 1
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste
- 2
To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel
- 3
Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness
a sense of security
- 4
To instinctively be aware
She immediately sensed her disdain
- 5
Sound practical or moral judgment
It’s common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven
- 6
To comprehend
- 7
The meaning, reason, or value of something
You don’t make any sense
- 8
A meaning of a term (word or expression), among its various meanings
the various senses of the word “car” (e.g., motor car, elevator car, railcar)
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, sence or sense?
sence appears about once in every 4 million words; sense 155 times per million words.
sence about once in every 4 million wordssense 155 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search sence vs sense?
“sence vs sense” is searched about 30 times a month on Bing (Google reports it together with close variants, so it has no figure of its own) in the United States.
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