permanent

/\pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,059

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

permanent is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est stable, immuable, qui dure sans changer, qui dure constamment. Pronounced \pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃\. It ranks #5,059 in French word frequency. Often confused with pertinent and permirent.

Key facts for permanent
PropertyValue
Headwordpermanent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,059
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of permanent in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for permanent is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,059 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for permanent, with forms such as "eprmanent", "pemranent", and "peramnent". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "pertinent", "permirent", "permanente", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is permanent, spelled P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est stable, immuable, qui dure sans changer, qui dure constamment.
  2. 2
    Qui est à demeure ; par opposition à temporaire ou passager.
  3. 3
    Qui est constamment en fonctions, en organisation.
  4. 4
    Se dit d’un gaz qui conserve l’état aériforme à toutes les températures et sous toutes les pressions.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprmanent,pemranent,peramnent,permaennt,permanennt,permanentt,permanetn,permannent,permannet,permmanent,permnaent,perrmanent,ppermanent,premanent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for permanent

Misspelling Variants of "permanent"

eprmanent9pemranent9peramnent9permaennt9permanennt10permanentt10permanetn9permannent10
Misspelling Variants of "permanent"

Frequency rank: #5,059 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "permanent"?
"permanent" is spelled P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃\.
What does "permanent" mean?
As an adj, "permanent" means: Qui est stable, immuable, qui dure sans changer, qui dure constamment.
What words are commonly confused with "permanent"?
"permanent" is commonly confused with "pertinent", "permirent", "permanente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "permanent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "permanent" is \pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "permanent" come from?
"permanent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.