# licence vs licensed

> 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.

### licensed
*adjective · IPA /ˈlaɪsənst/ · frequency rank #5,434*
Having been issued with a licence (by the required authority).

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