lice

\lis\

/\lis\/ noun

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The verdict

“lice” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,965. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,965
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palissade, en particulier celle qui délimite le champ clos préparé pour les jeux et exercices équestres, les joutes, tournois, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lice · lice · French

lice · rank #14,965 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,965
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Karine

Nearest frequency peer: Karine (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « lice »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « lice » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

lice vs lit
50% similar
lice vs lis
50% similar
lice vs lie
75% similar

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

Key facts for lice
PropertyValue
Headwordlice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lis\
Letters4
Frequency rank#14,965
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lice »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).licese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Karine » (#14,964), « licorne » (#14,966), « juridictions » (#14,963). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lice » est au #14,965. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around lice (IPA \lis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,965 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lice, with forms such as "ilce", "lcie", and "licce". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lit", "lis", "lie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lice, spelled L-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Palissade, en particulier celle qui délimite le champ clos préparé pour les jeux et exercices équestres, les joutes, tournois, etc.
  2. 2
    Ce champ clos lui-même.
  3. 3
    Palissade entourant un champ de foire, délimitant un champ de courses ou la carrière d’un manège.
  4. 4
    Les joutes elles-mêmes.
  5. 5
    Espace de terrain laissé libre entre deux enceintes dans les châteaux-forts ou les forteresses.
  6. 6
    Enceinte à ciel ouvert aménagée pour le patinage à roulettes.
  7. 7
    Fil métallique de métier à tisser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ouvrir, fermer la lice.
  2. Entrer dans la lice, en lice.

Synonyms

palissade

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilce
  • lcie
  • licce
  • liec
  • llice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lice - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ilce2lcie2licce1liec2llice1
Edit distance from "lice"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lice"?
"lice" is spelled L-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lis\.
What does "lice" mean?
As a noun, "lice" means: Palissade, en particulier celle qui délimite le champ clos préparé pour les jeux et exercices équestres, les joutes, tournois, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "lice"?
"lice" is commonly confused with "lit", "lis", "lie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lice" is \lis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lice" come from?
"lice" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

need#14,986gaga#14,941prod#15,004slim#15,037

Similar misspelling depth

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

zola5 variantsfive5 variantsiPod5 variantsJaime5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list