licitement
\li.sit.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“licitement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière licite, légalement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-licitement · licitement · French
licitement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | licitement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \li.sit.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « licitement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
licitement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \li.sit.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une manière licite, légalement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for licitement, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is licitement, spelled L-I-C-I-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière licite, légalement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how licitement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peut-on faire licitement telle chose ?
Antonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.