Which to use
“partirent” and “permirent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,991
- “partirent” frequency rank
- #32,114
- “permirent” frequency rank
- 69105
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partirent | permirent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de partir. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes partirent and permirent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. partirent and permirent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between partirent and permirent
A purely visual mix-up. partirent (\paʁ.tiʁ\) and permirent (\pɛʁ.miʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
partirent is recorded at frequency rank #36,991, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.tiʁ\. permirent is at rank #32,114, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.miʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 69105, this pair ranks #56,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of partirent vs permirent
Shared letters: einprt. Private to "partirent": a. Private to "permirent": m.
"partirent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "permirent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "partirent" and "permirent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "partirent" vs "permirent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "partirent" and "permirent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "partirent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permirent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "partirent" and "permirent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partirent vs portèrent". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #56,459 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.