insouciance
/ɪnˈsuːsi.əns/noun
insouciance is spelled I-N-S-O-U-C-I-A-N-C-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, insouciance means “Carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of insouciance is insouciances.
How many letters and syllables are in insouciance?
| Letters | 11: I-N-S-O-U-C-I-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th 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 insouciance?
Insouciance appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th 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 insouciance?
- /ɪnˈsuːsi.əns/
Insouciance 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)-Vealhurl-insouciance.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of insouciance
- insouciances plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does insouciance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern.
- 2
Nonchalance.
She almost felt insulted by [the wild boar's] insouciance as it rooted in her grove.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Insouciance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Sorglosigkeit, Unbesorgtheit, Unbekümmertheit , Lässigkeit, Zwanglosigkeit |
| Spanish | indolencia |
| French | insouciance |
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 insouciance come from?
From French insouciance, from in- (“not”) + souciant (“worrying”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).