Sence or since?
sence is an adverb meaning “Alternative form of since”; since is an adverb meaning “From a specified time in the past”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) since is about 2,344 times as common as sence.
What is the difference between sence and since?
| sence | since | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adverb, preposition, conjunction | adverb, preposition, conjunction |
| Meaning | Alternative form of since | From a specified time in the past Continuously during that period of time At certain points during that period of time |
| Example | none recorded | I met him last year, but haven't seen him since |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /sɪn(t)s/ |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words | 562 times per million words |
Sources: sence and since 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 since
sence
- 1
Alternative form of since
- 2
Alternative form of since
- 3
Alternative form of since
since
- 1
From a specified time in the past
I met him last year, but haven't seen him since
- 2
Continuously during that period of time
I'd known her only since the previous year, so from/since the moment we got married we’ve quarrelled
- 3
From the time that
I have loved you since I first met you
- 4
At certain points during that period of time
- 5
Because
Since you didn't call, we left without you
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 since?
sence appears about once in every 4 million words; since 562 times per million words.
sence about once in every 4 million wordssince 562 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 since?
“sence vs since” is searched about 70 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“since vs sence”, “sence or since”).
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