indemnité de licenciement

\ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.te də li.sɑ̃.si.mɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.te də li.sɑ̃.si.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“indemnité de licenciement” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
25
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Somme versée par une entreprise à un employé qu’elle licencie.

Key facts for indemnité de licenciement
PropertyValue
Headwordindemnité de licenciement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.te də li.sɑ̃.si.mɑ̃\
Letters25
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “indemnité de licenciement” sits in French frequency

indemnité de licenciement falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for indemnité de licenciement is 25 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.te də li.sɑ̃.si.mɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Somme versée par une entreprise à un employé qu’elle licencie.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for indemnité de licenciement, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is indemnité de licenciement, spelled I-N-D-E-M-N-I-T-É- -D-E- -L-I-C-E-N-C-I-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Somme versée par une entreprise à un employé qu’elle licencie.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indemnité de licenciement"?
"indemnité de licenciement" is spelled I-N-D-E-M-N-I-T-É- -D-E- -L-I-C-E-N-C-I-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.te də li.sɑ̃.si.mɑ̃\.
What does "indemnité de licenciement" mean?
As a noun, "indemnité de licenciement" means: Somme versée par une entreprise à un employé qu’elle licencie.
How do you pronounce "indemnité de licenciement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indemnité de licenciement" is \ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.te də li.sɑ̃.si.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indemnité de licenciement" come from?
"indemnité de licenciement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “indemnité de licenciement”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is I-N-D-E-M-N-I-T-É- -D-E- -L-I-C-E-N-C-I-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.te də li.sɑ̃.si.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list