Which to use
“permettait” and “permettent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,539
- “permettait” frequency rank
- #1,881
- “permettent” frequency rank
- 8420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettait | permettent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de permettre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettait and permettent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. permettait (CVCCVCCVVC) and permettent (CVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between permettait and permettent
A purely visual mix-up. permettait (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permettait is recorded at frequency rank #6,539, 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 8420, this pair ranks #420,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permettait vs permettent
Shared letters: emprt. Private to "permettait": ai. Private to "permettent": n.
"permettait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "permettent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettait ← eprmettait · pemrettait · peremttait · permetait · permetatit · permettaitt · permettati · permettiat
- permettent ← eprmettent · pemrettent · peremttent · permetent · permetetnt · permettennt · permettentt · permettetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "permettait" and "permettent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "permettait" or "permettent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "permettait" 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 #420,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettait" and "permettent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permettait 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 #420,080 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.