sapience
/ˈseɪpiəns/
"sapience" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sapience” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sapience · sapience · English
sapience · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sapience |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈseɪpiəns/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sapience” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sapience is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈseɪpiəns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.".
sapience doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English sapience, from Old French sapience, from Latin sapientia. The correct English form is sapience, spelled S-A-P-I-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sapience appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As, much Experience, is Prudence; ſo, is much Science, Sapience.
Mean while the Son / On his great Expedition now appeer'd, / Girt with Omnipotence, with Radiance crown'd / Of Majestie Divine, Sapience and Love / Immense, and all his Father in him shon.
Etymology
From Middle English sapience, from Old French sapience, from Latin sapientia.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.