Which to use
“permettaient” and “permettraient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,965
- “permettaient” frequency rank
- #20,232
- “permettraient” frequency rank
- 37197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettaient | permettraient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de permettre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du conditionnel de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettaient and permettraient
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. permettaient runs 12 letters (CVCCVCCVVVCC) against permettraient's 13 (CVCCVCCCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between permettaient and permettraient
A purely visual mix-up. permettaient (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tɛ\) and permettraient (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁɛ\) 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 37197, 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\. permettraient is at rank #20,232, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁɛ\.
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 37197, this pair ranks #264,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permettaient vs permettraient
Shared letters: aeimnprt. Private to "permettaient": -. Private to "permettraient": -.
"permettaient" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVVCC · "permettraient" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettaient ← eprmettaient · pemrettaient · peremttaient · permetaient · permetatient · permettaeint · permettaiennt · permettaientt
- permettraient ← eprmettraient · pemrettraient · peremttraient · permetraient · permetrtaient · permettarient · permettraeint · permettraiennt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "permettaient" and "permettraient" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "permettaient" or "permettraient"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "permettaient" and "permettraient" 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 "permettraient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #264,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettaient" and "permettraient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permettraient vs permettrais". 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 #264,181 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.