Which to use
“permette” and “permettez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,827
- “permette” frequency rank
- #12,438
- “permettez” frequency rank
- 24265
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permette | permettez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de permettre. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permette and permettez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. permette runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against permettez's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: permette vs permettez
A purely visual mix-up. permette (\pɛʁ.mɛt\) and permettez (\pɛʁ.mɛ.te\) 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 extra letter(s) - “permette” sits inside “permettez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permette is recorded at frequency rank #11,827, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛt\. permettez is at rank #12,438, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ.te\.
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 24265, this pair ranks #347,606 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permette vs permettez
Shared letters: emprt. Private to "permette": -. Private to "permettez": z.
"permette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "permettez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "permette" and "permettez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "permette" or "permettez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "permette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permettez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,606 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permette" and "permettez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permette vs pierrette". 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 #347,606 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.