Which to use
“permets” and “permette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,207
- “permets” frequency rank
- #11,827
- “permette” frequency rank
- 22034
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permets | permette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de permettre. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permets and permette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses permets with permette
A purely visual mix-up. permets (\pɛʁ.mɛ\) and permette (\pɛʁ.mɛt\) 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 22034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permets is recorded at frequency rank #10,207, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ\. permette is at rank #11,827, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛt\.
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 22034, this pair ranks #360,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permets vs permette
Shared letters: emprt. Private to "permets": s. Private to "permette": -.
"permets" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "permette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "permets" and "permette" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "permets" or "permette" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "permets" and "permette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "permets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permets" and "permette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "périmés vs permets". 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 #360,121 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.