notice
\nɔ.tis\
The verdict
“notice” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,002 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,002
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Exposé sommaire, recueil d’indications, instruction succincte.
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 | notice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ.tis\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “notice” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for notice is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɔ.tis\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,002 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Exposé sommaire, recueil d’indications, instruction succincte.
- 2Compte-rendu succinct d’un ouvrage ou d'une œuvre quelconque.
- 3Exposé succinct sur un personnage.
- 4La nouvelle, l'information.
- 5Texte, 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.
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “notice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-O-T-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nɔ.tis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “notre” - see the side-by-side comparison. notice vs notre
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.