Which to use
“permanences” and “permanente” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,596
- “permanences” frequency rank
- #4,360
- “permanente” frequency rank
- 47956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permanences | permanente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de permanence. | Ondulation permanente, c’est-à-dire un traitement appliqué aux cheveux afin de les faire boucler ou friser de façon plus ou moins permanente. |
Where the eye mixes permanences and permanente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permanences runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCCVC) against permanente's 10 (CVCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between permanences and permanente
A purely visual mix-up. permanences (\pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s\) and permanente (\pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃t\) 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 47956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permanences is recorded at frequency rank #43,596, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s\. permanente is at rank #4,360, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃t\.
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 47956, this pair ranks #182,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permanences vs permanente
Shared letters: aemnpr. Private to "permanences": cs. Private to "permanente": t.
"permanences" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC · "permanente" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permanences ← eprmanences · pemranences · peramnences · permaennces · permanecnes · permanencces · permanencess · permanencse
- permanente ← eprmanente · pemranente · peramnente · permaennte · permanenet · permanennte · permanentte · permanetne
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "permanences" and "permanente" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "permanences" vs "permanente" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "permanences" and "permanente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "permanences" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permanente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #182,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permanences" and "permanente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permanences vs permanents". 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 #182,820 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.