permis
\pɛʁ.mi\
The verdict
“permis” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #827 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #827
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui n’est pas interdit.
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 | permis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.mi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “permis” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for permis is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁ.mi\. Corpus data places it at rank #827 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui n’est pas interdit.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for permis, with forms such as "eprmis", "pemris", and "perims". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pris", "pers", "promis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is permis, spelled P-E-R-M-I-S.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas interdit.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eprmis,pemris,perims,permiss,permmis,permsi,perrmis,ppermis,premis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of permis - 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.
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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Using “permis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-M-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛʁ.mi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pris” - see the side-by-side comparison. permis vs pris
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.