licencier
\li.sɑ̃.sje\
The verdict
“licencier” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,596
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Congédier un employé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-licencier · licencier · French
licencier · rank #23,596 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,596
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH keV
Nearest frequency peer: keV (-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 « licencier »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- jauge
jauge
76,408 corpus weight
- Johannesburg
Johannesburg
76,407 corpus weight
- keV
keV
76,406 corpus weight
- licencier
licencier
76,405 corpus weight
- liquider
liquider
76,404 corpus weight
- lucia
lucia
76,403 corpus weight
What this shows « licencier » 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 | licencier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \li.sɑ̃.sje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « licencier »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around licencier (IPA \li.sɑ̃.sje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,596 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for licencier, with forms such as "ilcencier", "lciencier", and "liccencier". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "licenciés", "licence", "licences", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is licencier, spelled L-I-C-E-N-C-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Congédier un employé.
- 2Congédier des troupes.
- 3Donner un congé temporaire.
- 4Céder le droit de commercer en licence de fabrication.
- 5S’inscrire, prendre une licence auprès d’un organisme sportif ou culturel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how licencier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au bout de cette année, il annonça à son unique vieux serviteur, son intention de le licencier : "Laissez-moi mourir ici", dit le serviteur.
Dès 1989, la caisse populaire de Cissin va connaître un début de détournement avec la collusion du gérant et du président de la caisse. Le gérant est licencié et les organes dirigeants suspendus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilcencier
- lciencier
- liccencier
- licecnier
- licenccier
- licenceir
- licencierr
- licencire
- licenicer
- licenncier
- licnecier
- liecncier
- llicencier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of licencier - 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.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).