incoherence
/ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪəɹəns/noun
incoherence is spelled I-N-C-O-H-E-R-E-N-C-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, incoherence means “The quality of not making logical sense or of not being logically connected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of incoherence is incoherences.
How many letters and syllables are in incoherence?
| Letters | 11: I-N-C-O-H-E-R-E-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,114th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is incoherence?
Incoherence appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce incoherence?
- /ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪəɹəns/
Incoherence has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-incoherence.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of incoherence
- incoherences plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incoherence mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of not making logical sense or of not being logically connected.
- 2
obsoleteThe quality of not holding together physically.
- 3
Something incoherent; something that does not make logical sense or is not logically connected.
- 4
Thinking or speech that is so disorganized that it is essentially inapprehensible to others.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incoherence in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | incohérence |
| German | Zusammenhanglosigkeit, Inkohärenz |
| Spanish | incoherencia , roca |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does incoherence come from?
From in- + coherence, formed on model of Italian incoerenza.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).