licencié

\li.sɑ̃.sje\

/\li.sɑ̃.sje\/ noun

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The verdict

“licencié” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,076. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,076
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui, dans les facultés de lettres, de sciences, de droit, a obtenu son diplôme de licence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-licencie · licencié · French

licencié · rank #14,076 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,076
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH L2

Nearest frequency peer: L2 (-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 « licencié »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « licencié » 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).

licencié vs license
63% similar
licencié vs licenciés
89% similar
licencié vs licencier
78% similar

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

Key facts for licencié
PropertyValue
Headwordlicencié
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.sɑ̃.sje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,076
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « licencié »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « L2 » (#14,075), « list » (#14,077), « judicieux » (#14,074). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « licencié » est au #14,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around licencié (IPA \li.sɑ̃.sje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,076 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for licencié, with forms such as "ilcencié", "lciencié", and "liccencié". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "license", "licenciés", "licencier", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is licencié, spelled L-I-C-E-N-C-I-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui, dans les facultés de lettres, de sciences, de droit, a obtenu son diplôme de licence.
  2. 2
    Personne détentrice d’une permission spéciale (licence) pour exercer un métier, un droit, ou un sport dans un cadre officiel.
  3. 3
    Détenteur d’une permission de vendre des boissons alcoolisées.
  4. 4
    Personne démise de son poste de travail à titre permanent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un licencié ès lettres.
  2. C’est cela qu’on m’a donné à faire comme entrée de jeu, et malgré mon titre de licencié ès lettres dont je crois bien que je me vantai pour la première fois.

This word in other languages

licentiate(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilcencié
  • lciencié
  • liccencié
  • licecnié
  • licenccié
  • licencie
  • licencéi
  • licenicé
  • licenncié
  • licnecié
  • liecncié
  • llicencié

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of licencié - 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.

ilcencié2lciencié2liccencié1licecnié2licenccié1licencie1licencéi2licenicé2
Edit distance from "licencié"

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 "licencié"?
"licencié" is spelled L-I-C-E-N-C-I-É. The IPA pronunciation is \li.sɑ̃.sje\.
What does "licencié" mean?
As a noun, "licencié" means: Personne qui, dans les facultés de lettres, de sciences, de droit, a obtenu son diplôme de licence.
What words are commonly confused with "licencié"?
"licencié" is commonly confused with "license", "licenciés", "licencier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "licencié"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "licencié" is \li.sɑ̃.sje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "licencié" come from?
"licencié" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

judaïsme#14,073joueuses#14,072Jordanie#14,071modifiés#14,088

Similar misspelling depth

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

judicieux12 variantsminiature12 variantsindirect12 variantsincarner12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list