licensing

noun

The verdict

“licensing” is uncommon French (frequency #97,105 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,105
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Concession de licence d’exploitation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-licensing · licensing · French

licensing · rank #97,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,105
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Licht

Nearest frequency peer: Licht (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « licensing »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « licensing » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for licensing
PropertyValue
Headwordlicensing
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#97,105
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « licensing » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).licensingtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Licht » (#97,106), « lithosphère » (#97,107), « lege » (#97,102). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « licensing » est au #97,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

licensing is uncommon French at frequency #97,105 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Concession de licence d’exploitation.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for licensing, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is licensing, spelled L-I-C-E-N-S-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Concession de licence d’exploitation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. D’autres, en revanche, seront « plus profondes », prévient-il : « Elles permettront d’évoluer progressivement vers un nouveau design de réacteur, objet d’un nouveau licensing et de nouvelles certifications. »
  2. Aude de La Villarmois débute sa carrière en 1998 dans le licensing à The Walt Disney Company France, puis elle intègre l’agence de licence VIP en tant que responsable clientèle.

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); 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 "licensing"?
"licensing" is spelled L-I-C-E-N-S-I-N-G.
What does "licensing" mean?
As a noun, "licensing" means: Concession de licence d’exploitation.
What language does "licensing" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list