licença

//li.ˈsẽ.sɐ// intj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#988

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

licença is anPortugueseintj. It means: expressa o desejo e pedido dirigido a alguém de que tal se afaste um tanto do lugar que se está de forma a criar algum espaço vazio para que se tenha possibilidade de passagem Pronounced /li.ˈsẽ.sɐ/. It ranks #988 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with licenciar.

Key facts for licença
PropertyValue
Headwordlicença
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechIntj
IPA/li.ˈsẽ.sɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#988
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of licença in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for licença is 7 letters long, classified as anintj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /li.ˈsẽ.sɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #988 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for licença, with forms such as "ilcença", "lciença", and "liccença". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "licenciar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is licença, spelled L-I-C-E-N-Ç-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    expressa o desejo e pedido dirigido a alguém de que tal se afaste um tanto do lugar que se está de forma a criar algum espaço vazio para que se tenha possibilidade de passagem
  2. 2
    expressa polidamente a alguém que se vai tomar liberdade conforme autorizado
  3. 3
    expressa a alguém que deixe de tomar liberdade conforme esta não foi-lhe conferida
  4. 4
    expressa polidamente a alguém que se vai tomar liberdade de adentrar uma residência conforme se supõe autorizado
  5. 5
    expressa o desejo e pedido a alguém de que tal dirija a atenção a si, o emitente do termo
  6. 6
    expressa polidamente que se vai afastar-se por ocasião de algo de forma que não se tome tal ato como uma afronta

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilcença,lciença,liccença,licenaç,licennça,liceçna,licneça,liecnça,llicença

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for licença

Misspelling Variants of "licença"

ilcença7lciença7liccença8licenaç7licennça8liceçna7licneça7liecnça7
Misspelling Variants of "licença"

Frequency rank: #988 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "licença"?
"licença" is spelled L-I-C-E-N-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /li.ˈsẽ.sɐ/.
What does "licença" mean?
As an intj, "licença" means: expressa o desejo e pedido dirigido a alguém de que tal se afaste um tanto do lugar que se está de forma a criar algum espaço vazio para que se tenha possibilidade de passagem
What words are commonly confused with "licença"?
"licença" is commonly confused with "licenciar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "licença"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "licença" is /li.ˈsẽ.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "licença" come from?
"licença" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.