Which to use
“licite” and “lite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,528
- “licite” frequency rank
- #34,165
- “lite” frequency rank
- 77693
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | licite | lite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Légal, permis par la loi. | Qualifie un produit informatique (application, logiciel…) simplifié et gratuit, par rapport au même produit plus développé mais payant appelé freemium. |
Where the eye mixes licite and lite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between licite and lite
A purely visual mix-up. licite (\li.sit\) and lite (\lajt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
licite is recorded at frequency rank #43,528, classified as anadj, pronounced \li.sit\. lite is at rank #34,165, tagged as anadj, pronounced \lajt\.
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 77693, this pair ranks #27,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of licite vs lite
Shared letters: eilt. Private to "licite": c. Private to "lite": -.
"licite" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "lite" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "licite" for "lite" ever safe?
Which is more common, "licite" or "lite"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "licite" and "lite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "licite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "licite" and "lite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liait vs licite". 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 #27,678 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.