permutation
French, noun/pɛʁ.my.ta.sjɔ̃/
permutation is spelled P-E-R-M-U-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Permutation is a French feminine noun meaning “permutation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Échange, action de permuter”.
What does permutation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepermutation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Échange, action de permuter. 2. Processus consistant à échanger le contenu d’une zone de mémoire principale avec le contenu d’une zone de mémoire auxiliaire. 3. Bijection d’un ensemble vers lui-même. Les différentes manières de disposer des objets à la suite les uns des autres.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of permutation
- permutations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce permutation?
- /pɛʁ.my.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \pɛʁ.my.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to permutation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is permutation in French?
permutation appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).