permission

\pɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃\

/\pɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“permission” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,329. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,329
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autorisation qui donne le pouvoir, la liberté de faire, de dire, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-permission · permission · French

permission · rank #6,329 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,329
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pente

Nearest frequency peer: pente (-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 « permission »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « permission » 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).

permission vs permissions
91% similar
permission vs percussion
80% similar

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

Key facts for permission
PropertyValue
Headwordpermission
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,329
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « permission »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pente » (#6,328), « phases » (#6,330), « peintures » (#6,327). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « permission » est au #6,329. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around permission (IPA \pɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,329 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for permission, with forms such as "eprmission", "pemrission", and "perimssion". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "permissions", "percussion", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is permission, spelled P-E-R-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autorisation qui donne le pouvoir, la liberté de faire, de dire, etc.
  2. 2
    Congé, autorisation d’absence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wamba, s’écria le chevalier noir, ceci dépasse la permission. Garde-toi d’abuser de ma patience.
  2. Le trafic des indulgences, qui devenait toujours plus intolérable, ne causa pas moins de préjudice à la cour romaine. Les pontifes français […] dispensèrent, à un prix excessif, toutes sortes de permissions scandaleuses.

Synonyms

perm

This word in other languages

permission(English)permiso(Español)Erlaubnis(Deutsch)permissão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprmission
  • pemrission
  • perimssion
  • permision
  • permisison
  • permissino
  • permissionn
  • permissoin
  • permmission
  • permsision
  • perrmission
  • ppermission
  • premission

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of permission - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eprmission2pemrission2perimssion2permision1permisison2permissino2permissionn1permissoin2
Edit distance from "permission"

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 "permission"?
"permission" is spelled P-E-R-M-I-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "permission" mean?
As a noun, "permission" means: Autorisation qui donne le pouvoir, la liberté de faire, de dire, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "permission"?
"permission" is commonly confused with "permissions", "percussion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "permission"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "permission" is \pɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "permission" come from?
"permission" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

paragraphe#6,325proprement#6,334puissances#6,337maquillage#6,316

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

peintures13 variantsindiquent13 variantsextrêmes13 variantsexclusion13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list