perméable

\pɛʁ.me.abl\

/\pɛʁ.me.abl\/ adj

The verdict

“perméable” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,061. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,061
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui laisse passer les liquides, les gaz, la lumière, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-permeable · perméable · French

perméable · rank #43,061 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,061
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH penthouse

Nearest frequency peer: penthouse (-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 « perméable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « perméable » 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
Key facts for perméable
PropertyValue
Headwordperméable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɛʁ.me.abl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#43,061
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perméable »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).perméablese 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 « penthouse » (#43,060), « pharisiens » (#43,062), « pharmacologie » (#43,063). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perméable » est au #43,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around perméable (IPA \pɛʁ.me.abl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,061 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui laisse passer les liquides, les gaz, la lumière, etc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for perméable, with forms such as "eprméable", "pemréable", and "permaéble". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is perméable, spelled P-E-R-M-É-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui laisse passer les liquides, les gaz, la lumière, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle contient alors assez de sable pour être perméable et chaude ; assez d'argile pour être aérable, humide, tenace, conservatrice des engrais et favorable à la nitrification ; […].
  2. Dans les sols légers et perméables la potasse sera fournie sous forme de kaïnite. Dans les sols argileux, il faut éviter de l'employer.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprméable
  • pemréable
  • permaéble
  • permeable
  • permméable
  • perméabble
  • perméabel
  • perméablle
  • perméalbe
  • permébale
  • perrméable
  • perémable
  • pperméable
  • preméable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perméable - 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.

eprméable2pemréable2permaéble2permeable1permméable1perméabble1perméabel2perméablle1
Edit distance from "perméable"

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 "perméable"?
"perméable" is spelled P-E-R-M-É-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.me.abl\.
What does "perméable" mean?
As an adjective, "perméable" means: Qui laisse passer les liquides, les gaz, la lumière, etc.
What are common misspellings of "perméable"?
Common misspellings include "eprméable", "pemréable", "permaéble", "permeable", "permméable". The correct spelling is "perméable".
How do you pronounce "perméable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perméable" is \pɛʁ.me.abl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perméable" come from?
"perméable" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list