Which to use
“permettant” and “permettent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,711
- “permettant” frequency rank
- #1,881
- “permettent” frequency rank
- 3592
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettant | permettent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de permettre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettant and permettent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permettant and permettent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: permettant vs permettent
A purely visual mix-up. permettant (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - a in “permettant” becomes e in “permettent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permettant is recorded at frequency rank #1,711, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ.tɑ̃\. 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 3592, this pair ranks #433,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permettant vs permettent
Shared letters: emnprt. Private to "permettant": a. Private to "permettent": -.
"permettant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "permettent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettant ← eprmettant · pemrettant · peremttant · permetant · permetatnt · permettannt · permettantt · permettatn
- permettent ← eprmettent · pemrettent · peremttent · permetent · permetetnt · permettennt · permettentt · permettetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permettant" for "permettent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "permettant" vs "permettent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "permettant" and "permettent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "permettant" 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 #433,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettant" 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 #433,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.