# innocence

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪnəsn̩s/ · frequency rank #9,196

## Definitions
1. Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.
2. Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.
3. Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.
4. Imbecility; mental deficiency.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English innocence, from Old French innocence, inocence, from Latin innocentia. Doublet of innocency. Displaced native Old English unsċyld.

## Easily confused with
- **innocent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/innocence-vs-innocent)
- **insolence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/innocence-vs-insolence)

## Common misspellings (12)
`inncoence`, `innocance`, `innoccence`, `innocecne`, `innocencce`, `innocenec`, `innocennce`, `innocnece`, `innoecnce`, `inocence`, `inoncence`, `ninocence`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/innocence