Which to use
“permette” and “perpétré” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,827
- “permette” frequency rank
- #29,076
- “perpétré” frequency rank
- 40903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permette | perpétré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de permettre. | Participe passé masculin singulier de perpétrer. |
Where the eye mixes permette and perpétré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. permette and perpétré follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between permette and perpétré
A purely visual mix-up. permette (\pɛʁ.mɛt\) and perpétré (\pɛʁ.pe.tʁe\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40903, 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\. perpétré is at rank #29,076, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.pe.tʁe\.
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 40903, this pair ranks #237,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permette vs perpétré
Shared letters: eprt. Private to "permette": m. Private to "perpétré": é.
"permette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "perpétré" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permette ← eprmette · pemrette · peremtte · permete · permetet · permmette · permtete · perrmette
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permette" for "perpétré" ever safe?
Which is more common, "permette" or "perpétré"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "permette" and "perpétré" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "permette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perpétré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permette" and "perpétré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perpétré vs perpétrés". 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 #237,032 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.