permissible
/pɚˈmɪsɪbl̩/
"permissible" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“permissible” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,469. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,469
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - permitted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-permissible · permissible · English
permissible · rank #22,469 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #22,469
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Platonic
Nearest frequency peer: Platonic (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “permissible”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- partridge
partridge
77,536 corpus weight
- patrolling
patrolling
77,535 corpus weight
- permissible
permissible
77,532 corpus weight
- Platonic
Platonic
77,530 corpus weight
- polka
polka
77,529 corpus weight
- primates
primates
77,528 corpus weight
What this shows “permissible” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | permissible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɚˈmɪsɪbl̩/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #22,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “permissible”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around permissible (IPA /pɚˈmɪsɪbl̩/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,469 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for permissible, with forms such as "eprmissible", "pemrissible", and "perimssible". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "permissive", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English permyssyble, from Old French permissible, from Medieval Latin permissibilis. The correct English form is permissible, spelled P-E-R-M-I-S-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1permitted.
- 2permissive
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how permissible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[...] Mr. M. N. Rollason points out that on four-track lines on which the fast lines, in the centre, are flanked by the slow lines, and running at speed is permissible on all four, the traveller can enjoy some quite exciting experiences when trains are doing a "neck-and-neck" on adjacent lines.
The units will be allowed to run up to 90 m.p.h. between Chelmsford and Colchester, but their maximum speed of 100 m.p.h. is not permissible on the G.E. line.
Etymology
From Middle English permyssyble, from Old French permissible, from Medieval Latin permissibilis.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprmissible
- pemrissible
- perimssible
- permisible
- permisisble
- permissable
- permissbile
- permissibble
- permissibel
- permissiblle
- permissilbe
- permmissible
- permsisible
- perrmissible
- ppermissible
- premissible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of permissible - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "permissible", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).