Which to use
“permitting” is a verb and “persisting” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,879
- “permitting” frequency rank
- #41,807
- “persisting” frequency rank
- 57686
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitting | persisting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of permit | persistence |
Letter map: permitting vs persisting
Shared letters muted; letters that set permitting and persisting apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.
Grammar separator: permitting vs persisting
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: permitting is averb and persistinganoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permitting is recorded at frequency rank #15,879, classified as averb. persisting is at rank #41,807, tagged as anoun.
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 57686, this pair ranks #117,719 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of permitting vs persisting
Shared letters: eginprt. Private to "permitting": m. Private to "persisting": s.
"permitting" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "persisting" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permitting ← eprmitting · pemritting · perimtting · permiting · permititng · permittign · permittingg · permittinng
- persisting ← eprsisting · perissting · perrsisting · persisitng · persissting · persistign · persistingg · persistinng
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "permitting" vs "persisting" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "permitting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "persisting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,719 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitting" and "persisting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persistent vs persisting". 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 #117,719 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.