# permission

> English word · Noun · IPA /pəˈmɪʃ.ən/ · frequency rank #3,015

## Definitions
1. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
2. The act of permitting.
3. Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

## Etymology
From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Equivalent to permit + -ion. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).

## Easily confused with
- **permissive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/permission-vs-permissive)
- **percussion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/percussion-vs-permission)

## Common misspellings (14)
`eprmission`, `pemrission`, `perimssion`, `permision`, `permisison`, `permissino`, `permissionn`, `permissoin`, `permistion`, `permmission`, `permsision`, `perrmission`, `ppermission`, `premission`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/permission