Sence vs. Sense 意味と違い

「Sence」と「sense」の中で正しい表現法は「sense」です。「Sense」は、感覚や外部刺激を認識することを表す単語です。「Sense」の主な意味を以下の例示から見てみましょう。

Example: A dog’s sense of smell is thousands of times stronger than a human’s.

Example: I had a sense that no one in the room was telling the truth.

Example: It made sense that the first person in the office should turn on the lights.

Example: Animals can sense when a natural disaster is coming.

Example: The metal detector senses a piece of metal in this box.

The statistics

Google Books Ngram Viewerで確認してみると、Google Booksデータベース内で出版された本に"sence"のように間違った単語は一切使用されない一方、正しく表現された"sense"が広範囲に使われていることが分かります。

Humans’ sense of touch is thanks to the nerve cells in our bodies that send signals to our brain.
Wally had a sense that something was off with Charlie today.
The concept was finally starting to make sense after our physics teacher guided us through the experiment.
Kathy felt a sense of responsibility for the lost child even though she had just met him.
Peter had a fine sense of what made upper management laugh.
I admired Roy’s social skills and great sense.
Luke thought the new OKR system made no sense and that the company should revert back to the old one.
Deangelo was told that he has no common sense by several people throughout his lifetime.
Joshua claims he can sense ghosts in the warehouse, but I don’t believe him.
A bat has a great sense of hearing and uses its echo to navigate caves.

「Sense」と発音がほぼ似ている同音異義語と混同してはいけません。Cents、scents、そしてcense(古語)のような単語があり、類似な発音を出しますが、異なる意味を持っています。

Cが、S音とK音の両方で発音されることがあるため、CとSの両方を持つ単語のスペルを間違って書く場合があります。以下はその例示です。

単語「sense」は、「common sense」「sense of responsibility.」のように、いくつかの慣用句と表現として使われます。次は「sense」の一般的な表現です。

Todd had great fashion sense, and he loved to wear borderline avant-garde outfits to work.
Jo is loved by everyone she meets because of her great sense of humor.
A kind of sixth sense told Hank that he should look over his shoulder in this mysterious neighborhood.
The interrogator tried to talk some sense into the mentally unstable suspect.
I lost a sense of time while gardening the other day.
In that sense, we should work together on this project, not compete with one another.
Katie couldn’t make any sense out of the business proposal she was asked to look over.
The prideful man was tearing up, but I had the sense to pretend I didn’t notice.
I can’t see the sense in rating our coworkers’ performances when we haven’t even worked with all of them.
Samuel thought it made more sense to let the designer come up with the layout instead of trying to incorporate everyone’s input.