Which to use
“permette” and “permettre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,827
- “permette” frequency rank
- #1,121
- “permettre” frequency rank
- 12948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permette | permettre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de permettre. | Donner liberté, pouvoir de faire, de dire. |
Where the eye mixes permette and permettre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: permette vs permettre
A purely visual mix-up. permette (\pɛʁ.mɛt\) and permettre (\pɛʁ.mɛtʁ\) 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 12948, 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\. permettre is at rank #1,121, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛtʁ\.
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 12948, this pair ranks #403,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permette vs permettre
Shared letters: emprt. Private to "permette": -. Private to "permettre": -.
"permette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "permettre" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permette" for "permettre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "permette" vs "permettre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "permettre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permette" and "permettre" 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 #403,081 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.