Which to use
“perdez” and “permet” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,031
- “perdez” frequency rank
- #456
- “permet” frequency rank
- 13487
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perdez | permet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de perdre. | Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes perdez and permet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. perdez and permet follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between perdez and permet
A purely visual mix-up. perdez (\pɛʁ.de\) and permet (\pɛʁ.mɛ\) 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 13487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perdez is recorded at frequency rank #13,031, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.de\. permet is at rank #456, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ\.
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 13487, this pair ranks #400,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of perdez vs permet
Shared letters: epr. Private to "perdez": dz. Private to "permet": mt.
"perdez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "permet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "perdez" for "permet" ever safe?
Frequency check: "perdez" vs "permet" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "perdez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perdez" and "permet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perdez vs Prez". 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 #400,829 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.