Which to use
“périt” and “permet” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,446
- “périt” frequency rank
- #456
- “permet” frequency rank
- 40902
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | périt | permet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de périr. | Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes périt and permet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: périt vs permet
A purely visual mix-up. périt (\pe.ʁi\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
périt is recorded at frequency rank #40,446, classified as averb, pronounced \pe.ʁi\. 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 40902, this pair ranks #237,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of périt vs permet
Shared letters: prt. Private to "périt": ié. Private to "permet": em.
"périt" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "permet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permet ← eprmet · pemret · peremt · permett · permmet · permte · perrmet · ppermet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "périt" for "permet" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "périt" or "permet" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "périt" and "permet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "périt" 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 #237,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "périt" and "permet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "périt vs purin". 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 #237,037 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.