# licence

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlaɪ.səns/ · frequency rank #7,469

## Definitions
1. UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license.

## Easily confused with
- **license** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/licence-vs-license)
- **licensed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/licence-vs-licensed)
- **licensee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/licence-vs-licensee)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ilcence`, `lcience`, `licance`, `liccence`, `licecne`, `licencce`, `licenec`, `licennce`, `licnece`, `liecnce`, `llicence`

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