Which to use
“permettent” and “promettent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,881
- “permettent” frequency rank
- #17,796
- “promettent” frequency rank
- 19677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettent | promettent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de permettre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de promettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettent and promettent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permettent (CVCCVCCVCC) and promettent (CCVCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses permettent with promettent
A purely visual mix-up. permettent (\pɛʁ.mɛt\) and promettent (\pʁɔ.mɛt\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19677, 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\. promettent is at rank #17,796, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.mɛt\.
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 19677, this pair ranks #372,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permettent vs promettent
Shared letters: emnprt. Private to "permettent": -. Private to "promettent": o.
"permettent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "promettent" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettent ← eprmettent · pemrettent · peremttent · permetent · permetetnt · permettennt · permettentt · permettetn
- promettent ← pormettent · ppromettent · prmoettent · proemttent · prometent · prometetnt · promettennt · promettentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permettent" for "promettent" ever safe?
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After this comparison
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 "promettent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettent" and "promettent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "projettent vs promettent". 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 #372,090 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.