permanent

\pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃\

/\pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“permanent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,059. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,059
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est stable, immuable, qui dure sans changer, qui dure constamment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-permanent · permanent · French

permanent · rank #5,059 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,059
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perception

Nearest frequency peer: perception (-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 « permanent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « permanent » 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).

permanent vs pertinent
78% similar
permanent vs permirent
78% similar
permanent vs permanente
90% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « permanent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.permanentse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « perception » (#5,058), « physiquement » (#5,060), « passées » (#5,057). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « permanent » est au #5,059. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around permanent (IPA \pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,059 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for permanent, with forms such as "eprmanent", "pemranent", and "peramnent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "pertinent", "permirent", "permanente", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 permanent, spelled P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-T.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il n’y a point ici-bas de félicité permanente.
  2. L’homme sage est permanent comme le soleil ; le fou change comme la lune.

Synonyms

continuelconstantdurableperpétuel

Antonyms

éphémèreimpermanentpassagerpassagèretemporaire

This word in other languages

permanent(English)permanente(Español)immerwährend(Deutsch)eterno(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprmanent
  • pemranent
  • peramnent
  • permaennt
  • permanennt
  • permanentt
  • permanetn
  • permannent
  • permannet
  • permmanent
  • permnaent
  • perrmanent
  • ppermanent
  • premanent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eprmanent2pemranent2peramnent2permaennt2permanennt1permanentt1permanetn2permannent1
Edit distance from "permanent"

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 "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 adjective, "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

proposent#5,065protocole#5,066musulmane#5,051maritimes#5,050

Similar misspelling depth

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

intensité14 variantsextérieure14 variantsEspagnols14 variantsdramatique14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list