permise

\pɛʁ.miz\

/\pɛʁ.miz\/ verb

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The verdict

“permise” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,098
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de permettre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-permise · permise · French

permise · rank #19,098 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,098
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perfectionner

Nearest frequency peer: perfectionner (-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 « permise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « permise » 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).

permise vs prise
71% similar
permise vs perse
71% similar
permise vs promise
71% similar

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

Key facts for permise
PropertyValue
Headwordpermise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁ.miz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,098
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « permise »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).permisese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « perfectionner » (#19,097), « Perret » (#19,099), « perfectionnement » (#19,096). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « permise » est au #19,098. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around permise (IPA \pɛʁ.miz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,098 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de permettre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for permise, with forms such as "eprmise", "pemrise", and "perimse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "prise", "perse", "promise", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is permise, spelled P-E-R-M-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier de permettre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprmise
  • pemrise
  • perimse
  • permies
  • permisse
  • permmise
  • permsie
  • perrmise
  • ppermise
  • premise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eprmise2pemrise2perimse2permies2permisse1permmise1permsie2perrmise1
Edit distance from "permise"

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 "permise"?
"permise" is spelled P-E-R-M-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.miz\.
What does "permise" mean?
As a verb, "permise" means: Participe passé féminin singulier de permettre.
What words are commonly confused with "permise"?
"permise" is commonly confused with "prise", "perse", "promise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "permise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "permise" is \pɛʁ.miz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "permise" come from?
"permise" 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 "permise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pharaon#19,100pirater#19,104Piémont#19,106orateur#19,086

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Phillips10 variantsoutillage10 variantsoutaouais10 variantsnotices10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list