permitting

verb

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"permitting" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“permitting” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,879
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of permit

Corpus desk

Index EN-permitting · permitting · English

permitting · rank #15,879 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,879
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH penal

Nearest frequency peer: penal (-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 “permitting”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “permitting” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

permitting vs persisting
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for permitting
PropertyValue
Headwordpermitting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,879
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “permitting”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).permittinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “penal” (#15,878), “peck” (#15,877), “Picasso” (#15,881). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “permitting” is #15,879. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around permitting, averb. Corpus frequency is #15,879 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for permitting, with forms such as "eprmitting", "pemritting", and "perimtting". 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, "persisting", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is permitting, spelled P-E-R-M-I-T-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of permit
  2. 2
    Used in an absolute clause to indicate that the statement modified by the clause (typically an expression of intent) will only be fulfilled if not impeded by the noun.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how permitting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. We'll come if we can, weather, health, and car permitting.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprmitting
  • pemritting
  • perimtting
  • permiting
  • permititng
  • permittign
  • permittingg
  • permittinng
  • permittnig
  • permmitting
  • permtiting
  • perrmitting
  • ppermitting
  • premitting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of permitting - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eprmitting2pemritting2perimtting2permiting1permititng2permittign2permittingg1permittinng1
Edit distance from "permitting"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "permitting"?
"permitting" is spelled P-E-R-M-I-T-T-I-N-G.
What does "permitting" mean?
As a verb, "permitting" means: present participle and gerund of permit
What words are commonly confused with "permitting"?
"permitting" is commonly confused with "persisting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "permitting" come from?
"permitting" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "permitting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list