permettant
\pɛʁ.mɛ.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“permettant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,711. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,711
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de permettre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-permettant · permettant · French
permettant · rank #1,711 · 14 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,711
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH patron
Nearest frequency peer: patron (-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 « permettant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- partager
partager
98,293 corpus weight
- participati…
participation
98,292 corpus weight
- patron
patron
98,291 corpus weight
- permettant
permettant
98,290 corpus weight
- pourrais
pourrais
98,288 corpus weight
- principaux
principaux
98,287 corpus weight
What this shows « permettant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | permettant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.mɛ.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « permettant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around permettant (IPA \pɛʁ.mɛ.tɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,711 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de permettre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for permettant, with forms such as "eprmettant", "pemrettant", and "peremttant". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "permettent", "promettant", "permettons", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is permettant, spelled P-E-R-M-E-T-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de permettre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how permettant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parallèlement à la rivière, afin de régulariser le cours de l’eau, les paysans ont d’abord creusé puis cimenté un canal de dérivation équipé de batardeaux, ouvrages permettant de régler le débit de l’eau.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprmettant
- pemrettant
- peremttant
- permetant
- permetatnt
- permettannt
- permettantt
- permettatn
- permettnat
- permmettant
- permtetant
- perrmettant
- ppermettant
- premettant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of permettant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "permettant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).