Which to use
“permettait” and “permettrai” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,539
- “permettait” frequency rank
- #36,528
- “permettrai” frequency rank
- 43067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettait | permettrai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de permettre. | Première personne du singulier du futur de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettait and permettrai
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permettait (CVCCVCCVVC) and permettrai (CVCCVCCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: permettait vs permettrai
A purely visual mix-up. permettait (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tɛ\) and permettrai (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁe\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43067, 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\. permettrai is at rank #36,528, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁe\.
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 43067, this pair ranks #220,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permettait vs permettrai
Shared letters: aeimprt. Private to "permettait": -. Private to "permettrai": -.
"permettait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "permettrai" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettait ← eprmettait · pemrettait · peremttait · permetait · permetatit · permettaitt · permettati · permettiat
- permettrai ← eprmettrai · pemrettrai · peremttrai · permetrai · permetrtai · permettari · permettria · permettrrai
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permettait" for "permettrai" ever safe?
Frequency check: "permettait" vs "permettrai" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "permettait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permettrai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettait" and "permettrai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permettrai 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 #220,864 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.