Which to use
“permettant” and “permettrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,711
- “permettant” frequency rank
- #5,906
- “permettrait” frequency rank
- 7617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettant | permettrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de permettre. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettant and permettrait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permettant runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against permettrait's 11 (CVCCVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses permettant with permettrait
A purely visual mix-up. permettant (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tɑ̃\) and permettrait (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁɛ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7617, 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\. permettrait is at rank #5,906, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁɛ\.
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 7617, this pair ranks #422,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permettant vs permettrait
Shared letters: aemprt. Private to "permettant": n. Private to "permettrait": i.
"permettant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "permettrait" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettant ← eprmettant · pemrettant · peremttant · permetant · permetatnt · permettannt · permettantt · permettatn
- permettrait ← eprmettrait · pemrettrait · peremttrait · permetrait · permetrtait · permettarit · permettraitt · permettrati
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permettant" for "permettrait" ever safe?
Frequency check: "permettant" vs "permettrait" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "permettant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permettrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettant" and "permettrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permettrais vs permettrait". 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 #422,634 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.