Which to use
“permettait” and “promettait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,539
- “permettait” frequency rank
- #22,986
- “promettait” frequency rank
- 29525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettait | promettait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de permettre. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de promettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettait and promettait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permettait (CVCCVCCVVC) and promettait (CCVCVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: permettait vs promettait
A purely visual mix-up. permettait (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tɛ\) and promettait (\pʁɔ.mɛ.tɛ\) 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 29525, 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\. promettait is at rank #22,986, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.mɛ.tɛ\.
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 29525, this pair ranks #316,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permettait vs promettait
Shared letters: aeimprt. Private to "permettait": -. Private to "promettait": o.
"permettait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "promettait" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettait ← eprmettait · pemrettait · peremttait · permetait · permetatit · permettaitt · permettati · permettiat
- promettait ← pormettait · ppromettait · prmoettait · proemttait · prometait · prometatit · promettaitt · promettati
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "permettait" and "promettait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "permettait" or "promettait"?
After this comparison
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 "promettait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #316,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettait" and "promettait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "projetait vs promettait". 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 #316,137 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.