innocence
/ˈɪnəsn̩s/noun
innocence is spelled I-N-N-O-C-E-N-C-E. The wrong spelling people search most is inocence: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 61 of all searches for the word. Innocence is a noun meaning “Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc”. The plural of innocence is innocences.
How many letters and syllables are in innocence?
| Letters | 9: I-N-N-O-C-E-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, inocence, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell innocence?
Innocence is spelled I-N-N-O-C-E-N-C-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 61 of the searches for innocence in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is innocence?
Innocence appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th 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 innocence?
- /ˈɪnəsn̩s/
Innocence has 3 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)-Vealhurl-innocence.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of innocence
- innocences plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does innocence mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.
Her attorney managed to convince the jury of her innocence.
- 2
Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.
In his innocence, he offered the stranger to bring the package to Paris, never suspecting it contained drugs.
- 3
Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.
Tests have demonstrated the innocence of this substance.
- 4
obsoleteImbecility; mental deficiency.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Innocence in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | innocence , candeur |
| German | Unschuld , Harmlosigkeit |
| Portuguese | inocência |
| Spanish | inocencia |
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 innocence come from?
Inherited from Middle English innocence, from Old French innocence, inocence, from Latin innocentia. Doublet of innocency. Displaced native Old English unsċyld.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).