licéité
\li.se.i.te\
The verdict
“licéité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère licite de quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-liceite · licéité · French
licéité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | licéité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.se.i.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « licéité » en français
Rare enough to double-check
licéité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.se.i.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for licéité, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is licéité, spelled L-I-C-É-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Caractère licite de quelque chose.
- 2Caractère de ce qui est fait selon les règles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how licéité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Conditions générales de licéité des traitements de données à caractère Personnel
En reconnaissant l'extrême gravité de la question de la licéité morale du recours à la contraception, Paul VI n'avait pas implicitement admis, comme l'écrivait le quotidien Le Monde du 26 juin 1964, que l'« enseignement de l'Église en la matière n'était pas forcément immuable »?
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.