licensing

noun

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The verdict

“licensing” is uncommon French (frequency #97,105 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,105
frequency rank, French
128,088
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Concession de licence d’exploitation.

Key facts for licensing
PropertyValue
Headwordlicensing
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#97,105
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “licensing” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). licensing lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

licensing is uncommon French at frequency #97,105 among 128,088 “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.

This word in other languages

licensing(English)

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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Using “licensing”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-I-C-E-N-S-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list