permanence

\pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s\

/\pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“permanence” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,597. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,597
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Durée constante de quelque chose, état de ce qui est permanent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-permanence · permanence · French

permanence · rank #4,597 · 15 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,597
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH parlais

Nearest frequency peer: parlais (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « permanence »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « permanence » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

permanence vs permanent
80% similar
permanence vs permanente
90% similar
permanence vs pertinence
80% similar

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

Key facts for permanence
PropertyValue
Headwordpermanence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,597
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « permanence »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).permanencese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « parlais » (#4,596), « parking » (#4,595), « pommes » (#4,599). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « permanence » est au #4,597. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around permanence (IPA \pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,597 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for permanence, with forms such as "eprmanence", "pemranence", and "peramnence". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "permanent", "permanente", "pertinence", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is permanence, spelled P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Durée constante de quelque chose, état de ce qui est permanent.
  2. 2
    État de celui qui reste, qui demeure longtemps dans le même lieu, en parlant des personnes.
  3. 3
    État d'un groupe qui ne se sépare pas, qu’elle reste en séance.
  4. 4
    État d'une personne qui assure la continuité d'un service public durant les congés.
  5. 5
    Principe, admis par les chrétiens, de la présence continuée du corps de Jésus-Christ dans l’eucharistie.
  6. 6
    Local dans lequel se tiennent constamment certaines personnes chargées d’un service public ou privé.
  7. 7
    Temps et lieu d’ouverture au public d’un service.
  8. 8
    Heure sans cours dans l’emploi du temps d’un élève.
  9. 9
    Salle de classe spécialement aménagée pour accueillir les élèves lorsqu’ils ont un trou dans leur emploi du temps, lors de l’absence d’un professeur, lors d’une exclusion, lors d’un devoir surveillé ou après les cours en étude ou en retenue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le tragique est que là, devant moi, le passé reste mort en sa permanence et permanent en son dessèchement, tache ineffaçable ou parfum irretrouvable.
  2. Une tradition, une erreur, dont on constate la permanence.

Synonyms

permpermepermperme

This word in other languages

permanence(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprmanence
  • pemranence
  • peramnence
  • permaennce
  • permanecne
  • permanencce
  • permanenec
  • permanennce
  • permannece
  • permannence
  • permmanence
  • permnaence
  • perrmanence
  • ppermanence
  • premanence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of permanence - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eprmanence2pemranence2peramnence2permaennce2permanecne2permanencce1permanenec2permanennce1
Edit distance from "permanence"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "permanence"?
"permanence" is spelled P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s\.
What does "permanence" mean?
As a noun, "permanence" means: Durée constante de quelque chose, état de ce qui est permanent.
What words are commonly confused with "permanence"?
"permanence" is commonly confused with "permanent", "permanente", "pertinence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "permanence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "permanence" is \pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "permanence" come from?
"permanence" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

originaire#4,594ordonnance#4,593promouvoir#4,604propagande#4,605

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

préserver15 variantsmanagement15 variantsdélégation15 variantsdictionnaire15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list