notice

\nɔ.tis\

/\nɔ.tis\/ noun

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The verdict

“notice” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,002. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,002
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exposé sommaire, recueil d’indications, instruction succincte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-notice · notice · French

notice · rank #6,002 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,002
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Not

Nearest frequency peer: Not (-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 « notice »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « notice » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

notice vs notre
67% similar
notice vs notion
67% similar
notice vs novice
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for notice
PropertyValue
Headwordnotice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nɔ.tis\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,002
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « notice »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).noticese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Not » (#6,001), « neveu » (#6,000), « paroisse » (#6,004). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « notice » est au #6,002. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around notice (IPA \nɔ.tis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,002 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for notice, with forms such as "nnotice", "noitce", and "notcie". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "notre", "notion", "novice", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is notice, spelled N-O-T-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exposé sommaire, recueil d’indications, instruction succincte.
  2. 2
    Compte-rendu succinct d’un ouvrage ou d'une œuvre quelconque.
  3. 3
    Exposé succinct sur un personnage.
  4. 4
    La nouvelle, l'information.
  5. 5
    Texte, parfois accompagné de tableaux, graphiques, coupes, etc. expliquant et/ou complétant les informations portées sur une carte thématique et faisant l’objet d’une même publication.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tout se passe rapidement, les Allemands fouillent le véhicule, ainsi que les deux officiers et découvrent alors, dans le portefeuille du capitaine Mulsant, une notice explicative sur le fonctionnement de la mitraillette « Sten ».
  2. Les notices des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale.

Synonyms

guidemanuelmode opératoireprocédurevadémécum

This word in other languages

notice(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nnotice
  • noitce
  • notcie
  • noticce
  • notiec
  • nottice
  • ntoice
  • ontice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of notice - 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.

nnotice1noitce2notcie2noticce1notiec2nottice1ntoice2ontice2
Edit distance from "notice"

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 "notice"?
"notice" is spelled N-O-T-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ.tis\.
What does "notice" mean?
As a noun, "notice" means: Exposé sommaire, recueil d’indications, instruction succincte.
What words are commonly confused with "notice"?
"notice" is commonly confused with "notre", "notion", "novice". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "notice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "notice" is \nɔ.tis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "notice" come from?
"notice" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Steven#6,033suites#6,034cuivre#5,963croisé#5,962

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

nerfs8 variantseffacer8 variantsdéfis8 variantsdessert8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list