licencia

[liˈsẽnsja]

/[liˈsẽnsja]/ noun

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The verdict

“licencia” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,216. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,216
frequency rank, Spanish
2,069
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Baja temporal, la baja que se otorga a un trabajador por un período de tiempo en casos de enfermedad, accidente, etc.

Corpus desk

Index ES-licencia · licencia · Spanish

licencia · rank #2,216 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,216
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,069
  • PHOTO-FINISH James

Nearest frequency peer: James (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “licencia”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “licencia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

licencia vs licenciado
80% similar
licencia vs licenciada
80% similar
licencia vs latencia
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for licencia
PropertyValue
Headwordlicencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[liˈsẽnsja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,216
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “licencia”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).licenciacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “James” (#2,215), “millón” (#2,217), “hiciste” (#2,214). Entre 2,069 lemas con “L”, “licencia” va en #2,216. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around licencia (IPA [liˈsẽnsja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,216 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for licencia, with forms such as "ilcencia", "lciencia", and "liccencia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "licenciado", "licenciada", "latencia", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is licencia, spelled L-I-C-E-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Baja temporal, la baja que se otorga a un trabajador por un período de tiempo en casos de enfermedad, accidente, etc.
  2. 2
    Documento que da autorización legal para poder conducir un vehículo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilcencia
  • lciencia
  • liccencia
  • licecnia
  • licencai
  • licenccia
  • licenica
  • licenncia
  • licnecia
  • liecncia
  • lisensia
  • llicencia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of licencia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ilcencia2lciencia2liccencia1licecnia2licencai2licenccia1licenica2licenncia1
Edit distance from "licencia"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "licencia"?
"licencia" is spelled L-I-C-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [liˈsẽnsja].
What does "licencia" mean?
As a noun, "licencia" means: Baja temporal, la baja que se otorga a un trabajador por un período de tiempo en casos de enfermedad, accidente, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "licencia"?
"licencia" is commonly confused with "licenciado", "licenciada", "latencia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "licencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "licencia" is [liˈsẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "licencia" come from?
"licencia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "licencia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Guatemala12 variantsfilosofía12 variantsciviles12 variantscomplejo12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list