licenciée

\li.sɑ̃.sje\

/\li.sɑ̃.sje\/ noun

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The verdict

“licenciée” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,473. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,473
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-licenciee · licenciée · French

licenciée · rank #36,473 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,473
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH letton

Nearest frequency peer: letton (-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 « licenciée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « licenciée » 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).

licenciée vs licenciés
89% similar
licenciée vs licencier
78% similar
licenciée vs licence
78% similar

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

Key facts for licenciée
PropertyValue
Headwordlicenciée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.sɑ̃.sje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,473
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « licenciée »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).licenciéese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « letton » (#36,472), « lotte » (#36,474), « Leconte » (#36,470). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « licenciée » est au #36,473. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around licenciée (IPA \li.sɑ̃.sje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,473 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for licenciée, with forms such as "ilcenciée", "lcienciée", and "liccenciée". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "licenciés", "licencier", "licence", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is licenciée, spelled L-I-C-E-N-C-I-É-E.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eh bien, tu collectionnerais tous les diplômes de la création : licenciée, doctoresse, agrégée, académicienne… et même décorée, tu ne pourrais pas enseigner la grammaire.
  2. Une licenciée ès lettres.

This word in other languages

licentiate(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilcenciée
  • lcienciée
  • liccenciée
  • licecniée
  • licencciée
  • licenciee
  • licencieé
  • licencéie
  • licenicée
  • licennciée
  • licneciée
  • liecnciée
  • llicenciée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of licenciée - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ilcenciée2lcienciée2liccenciée1licecniée2licencciée1licenciee1licencieé2licencéie2
Edit distance from "licenciée"

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 "licenciée"?
"licenciée" is spelled L-I-C-E-N-C-I-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.sɑ̃.sje\.
What does "licenciée" mean?
As a noun, "licenciée" means: Femme qui, dans les facultés de lettres, de sciences, de droit, a obtenu son diplôme de licence.
What words are commonly confused with "licenciée"?
"licenciée" is commonly confused with "licenciés", "licencier", "licence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "licenciée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "licenciée" 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 "licenciée" come from?
"licenciée" 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 "licenciée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list