# licence vs licencier

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### licence
*noun · IPA \li.sɑ̃s\ · frequency rank #3,205*
Permission :

### licencier
*verb · IPA \li.sɑ̃.sje\ · frequency rank #23,596*
Congédier un employé.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/licence-vs-licencier