permis de conduire
\pɛʁ.mi də kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\
The verdict
“permis de conduire” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pièce d’identité qui autorise à conduire certains véhicules à moteurs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | permis de conduire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.mi də kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “permis de conduire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for permis de conduire is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁ.mi də kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for permis de conduire, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is permis de conduire, spelled P-E-R-M-I-S- -D-E- -C-O-N-D-U-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Pièce d’identité qui autorise à conduire certains véhicules à moteurs.
- 2Pièce d’identité qui autorise à conduire certains véhicules à moteurs.
- 3Examen qui permet d’obtenir ce document administratif.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “permis de conduire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-M-I-S- -D-E- -C-O-N-D-U-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.