Which to use
“permettant” and “permettons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,711
- “permettant” frequency rank
- #45,781
- “permettons” frequency rank
- 47492
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettant | permettons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de permettre. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettant and permettons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. permettant and permettons 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 permettons
A purely visual mix-up. permettant (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tɑ̃\) and permettons (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tɔ̃\) 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 47492, 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\. permettons is at rank #45,781, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ.tɔ̃\.
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 47492, this pair ranks #186,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permettant vs permettons
Shared letters: emnprt. Private to "permettant": a. Private to "permettons": os.
"permettant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "permettons" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettant ← eprmettant · pemrettant · peremttant · permetant · permetatnt · permettannt · permettantt · permettatn
- permettons ← eprmettons · pemrettons · peremttons · permetons · permetotns · permettnos · permettonns · permettonss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "permettant" and "permettons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "permettant" vs "permettons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "permettant" and "permettons" 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 "permettons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #186,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettant" and "permettons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permettons vs permettront". 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 #186,530 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.