# licence vs license

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### licence
*noun · IPA /ˈlaɪ.səns/ · frequency rank #7,469*
UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license.

### license
*noun · IPA /ˈlaɪ.səns/ · frequency rank #2,902*
A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/licence-vs-license