licenciement
\li.sɑ̃.si.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“licenciement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,689. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,689
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de licencier des troupes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-licenciement · licenciement · French
licenciement · rank #9,689 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #9,689
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lesbienne
Nearest frequency peer: lesbienne (-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 « licenciement »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- lancent
lancent
90,315 corpus weight
- led
led
90,314 corpus weight
- lesbienne
lesbienne
90,313 corpus weight
- licenciement
licenciement
90,312 corpus weight
- limitées
limitées
90,311 corpus weight
- manifestent
manifestent
90,309 corpus weight
What this shows « licenciement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | licenciement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.sɑ̃.si.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #9,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « licenciement »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around licenciement (IPA \li.sɑ̃.si.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,689 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for licenciement, with forms such as "ilcenciement", "lcienciement", and "liccenciement". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "licenciements", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is licenciement, spelled L-I-C-E-N-C-I-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de licencier des troupes.
- 2Rupture du contrat de travail à l’initiative de l’employeur ou d’une autre personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how licenciement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le colonel, peu grièvement blessé, se retira sur la Loire et quitta Tours avant le licenciement.
Son trésor est vide. Son armée, mal recrutée, mal équipée, mal disciplinée, absolument démoralisée par ses défaites récentes, est réduite à fort peu de chose par les licenciements forcés et les désertions.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilcenciement
- lcienciement
- liccenciement
- licecniement
- licencciement
- licenceiment
- licencieemnt
- licenciemennt
- licenciementt
- licenciemetn
- licenciemment
- licenciemnet
- licencimeent
- licenicement
- licennciement
- licneciement
- liecnciement
- llicenciement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of licenciement - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "licenciement", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).