permutation

\pɛʁ.my.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\pɛʁ.my.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“permutation” is uncommon French (frequency #55,499 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,499
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Échange, action de permuter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-permutation · permutation · French

permutation · rank #55,499 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,499
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perfectionnés

Nearest frequency peer: perfectionnés (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « permutation »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « permutation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for permutation
PropertyValue
Headwordpermutation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.my.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#55,499
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « permutation » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).permutationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « perfectionnés » (#55,498), « pesetas » (#55,500), « perduré » (#55,497). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « permutation » est au #55,499. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

permutation is uncommon French at frequency #55,499 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.my.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for permutation, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 permutation, spelled P-E-R-M-U-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Échange, action de permuter.
  2. 2
    Processus consistant à échanger le contenu d’une zone de mémoire principale avec le contenu d’une zone de mémoire auxiliaire.
  3. 3
    Bijection d’un ensemble vers lui-même. Les différentes manières de disposer des objets à la suite les uns des autres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pendant des jours et des jours, désespérément, il chercha un moyen quelconque de ne pas partir, une permutation avec un camarade... mais en vain.
  2. Et puis, un jour, le vieux major sentimental, auquel le voisinage humide de la forêt ne convenait pas, obtint sa permutation ou réintégra Sainte-Périne avec sa digne compagne.

This word in other languages

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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 "permutation"?
"permutation" is spelled P-E-R-M-U-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.my.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "permutation" mean?
As a noun, "permutation" means: Échange, action de permuter.
How do you pronounce "permutation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "permutation" is \pɛʁ.my.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "permutation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list