Which to use
“permettent” and “permettez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,881
- “permettent” frequency rank
- #12,438
- “permettez” frequency rank
- 14319
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettent | permettez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de permettre. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettent and permettez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. permettent runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against permettez's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between permettent and permettez
A purely visual mix-up. permettent (\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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permettent is recorded at frequency rank #1,881, 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 14319, this pair ranks #397,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permettent vs permettez
Shared letters: emprt. Private to "permettent": n. Private to "permettez": z.
"permettent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "permettez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettent ← eprmettent · pemrettent · peremttent · permetent · permetetnt · permettennt · permettentt · permettetn
- permettez ← eprmettez · pemrettez · peremttez · permetetz · permetez · permettezz · permettze · permmettez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "permettent" and "permettez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "permettent" vs "permettez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "permettent" 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 #397,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettent" and "permettez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permettent vs permettons". 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 #397,210 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.