Which to use
“licences” and “licencié” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,247
- “licences” frequency rank
- #14,076
- “licencié” frequency rank
- 25323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | licences | licencié |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de licence. | Personne qui, dans les facultés de lettres, de sciences, de droit, a obtenu son diplôme de licence. |
Where the eye mixes licences and licencié
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. licences (CVCVCCVC) and licencié (CVCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between licences and licencié
A purely visual mix-up. licences (\li.sɑ̃s\) and licencié (\li.sɑ̃.sje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
licences is recorded at frequency rank #11,247, classified as anoun, pronounced \li.sɑ̃s\. licencié is at rank #14,076, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.sɑ̃.sje\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 25323, this pair ranks #341,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of licences vs licencié
Shared letters: ceiln. Private to "licences": s. Private to "licencié": é.
"licences" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "licencié" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- licences ← ilcences · lciences · liccences · licecnes · licencces · licencess · licencse · licenecs
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "licences" and "licencié" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "licences" or "licencié"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "licences" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "licencié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "licences" and "licencié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "licencié vs licenciée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #341,511 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.