sapience
/ˈseɪpiəns/noun
sapience is spelled S-A-P-I-E-N-C-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sapience means “The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sapience is sapiences.
How many letters and syllables are in sapience?
| Letters | 8: S-A-P-I-E-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sapience?
Sapience appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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 sapience?
- US /ˈseɪpiəns/
- US /ˈseɪpjəns/
- UK /ˈseɪpɪəns/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sapience.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sapience
- sapiences plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sapience mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sapience in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | sapiencia |
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 sapience come from?
From Middle English sapience, from Old French sapience, from Latin sapientia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).