permitted
/pɚˈmɪtɪd/
"permitted" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“permitted” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,821. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,821
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of permit
Corpus desk
Index EN-permitted · permitted · English
permitted · rank #5,821 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #5,821
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH owe
Nearest frequency peer: owe (-1 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 “permitted”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- observation
observation
94,183 corpus weight
- owe
owe
94,181 corpus weight
- permitted
permitted
94,180 corpus weight
- phenomenon
phenomenon
94,179 corpus weight
- Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
94,178 corpus weight
- playoff
playoff
94,177 corpus weight
What this shows “permitted” 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 | permitted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɚˈmɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “permitted”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around permitted (IPA /pɚˈmɪtɪd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,821 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of permit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for permitted, with forms such as "eprmitted", "pemritted", and "perimtted". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "persisted", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is permitted, spelled P-E-R-M-I-T-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of permit
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how permitted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprmitted
- pemritted
- perimtted
- permited
- permitetd
- permittde
- permittedd
- permmitted
- permtited
- perrmitted
- ppermitted
- premitted
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of permitted - 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 "permitted", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).