permuter
French, verb/pɛʁ.my.te/
permuter is spelled P-E-R-M-U-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 83,718th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Permuter is a French verb meaning “to swap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Modifier l’ordre naturel ou habituel d’un ensemble en intervertissant deux de ses éléments”.
What does permuter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to swap
- 2
to permute
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Modifier l’ordre naturel ou habituel d’un ensemble en intervertissant deux de ses éléments. 2. Échanger un emploi.
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 permuter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- permutant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- permuté participle past
- permute first-person indicative present
- permutes indicative present second-person
- permutons first-person indicative plural
- permutez indicative plural present
- permutent indicative plural present
- permutais first-person imperfect indicative
- permutait imperfect indicative singular
- permutions first-person imperfect indicative
- permutiez imperfect indicative plural
- permutaient imperfect indicative plural
- permutai first-person historic indicative
- permutas historic indicative past
- permuta historic indicative past
- permutâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce permuter?
- /pɛʁ.my.te/
- \pɛʁ.my.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to permuter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is permuter in French?
permuter appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).