Which to use
“permettant” and “permettront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,711
- “permettant” frequency rank
- #9,362
- “permettront” frequency rank
- 11073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettant | permettront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de permettre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettant and permettront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permettant runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against permettront's 11 (CVCCVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses permettant with permettront
A purely visual mix-up. permettant (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tɑ̃\) and permettront (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁɔ̃\) 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 11073, 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\. permettront is at rank #9,362, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁɔ̃\.
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 11073, this pair ranks #410,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permettant vs permettront
Shared letters: emnprt. Private to "permettant": a. Private to "permettront": o.
"permettant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "permettront" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettant ← eprmettant · pemrettant · peremttant · permetant · permetatnt · permettannt · permettantt · permettatn
- permettront ← eprmettront · pemrettront · peremttront · permetront · permetrtont · permettornt · permettrnot · permettronnt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permettant" for "permettront" ever safe?
Which is more common, "permettant" or "permettront"?
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 "permettant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permettront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettant" and "permettront" 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 #410,553 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.