Which to use
“permettaient” and “permettent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,965
- “permettaient” frequency rank
- #1,881
- “permettent” frequency rank
- 18846
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettaient | permettent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de permettre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettaient and permettent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between permettaient and permettent
A purely visual mix-up. permettaient (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tɛ\) and permettent (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18846, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permettaient is recorded at frequency rank #16,965, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ.tɛ\. permettent is at rank #1,881, 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 18846, this pair ranks #376,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permettaient vs permettent
Shared letters: emnprt. Private to "permettaient": ai. Private to "permettent": -.
"permettaient" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVVCC · "permettent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettaient ← eprmettaient · pemrettaient · peremttaient · permetaient · permetatient · permettaeint · permettaiennt · permettaientt
- permettent ← eprmettent · pemrettent · peremttent · permetent · permetetnt · permettennt · permettentt · permettetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permettaient" for "permettent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "permettaient" vs "permettent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "permettaient" and "permettent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "permettaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permettent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettaient" and "permettent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permettent vs permettons". 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 #376,284 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.