PérezvspermetWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Pérez is a name, permet is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Pérez” is a name and “permet” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,924
“Pérez” frequency rank
#456
“permet” frequency rank
28380
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Pérez permet
Definition Nom de famille. Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de permettre.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set Pérez and permet apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
Pérez
6 ch
permet

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Pérez is aname and permetaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Pérez is recorded at frequency rank #27,924, classified as aname. 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 28380, this pair ranks #323,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Pérez vs permet

Shared letters: epr. Private to "Pérez": . Private to "permet": mt.

"Pérez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "permet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permeteprmet · pemret · peremt · permett · permmet · permte · perrmet · ppermet

Frequency comparison

Pérez#27,924
permet#456

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Pérez" and "permet" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Pérez" is a name and "permet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Pérez" or "permet"?
"permet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #456 in our French list, against #27,924 for "Pérez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering Pérez vs permet

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a name, it's “Pérez”; for a verb, it's “permet”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “Pérez” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list