OSINT
/ˈoʊ.sɪnt/noun
OSINT is a noun meaning “Acronym of open-source intelligence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-S-I-N-T and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does OSINT mean?
noun
- 1
Acronym of open-source intelligence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce OSINT?
- UK /ˈəʊ.sɪnt/
- US /ˈoʊ.sɪnt/
OSINT has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is OSINT?
OSINT appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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).