Which to use
“permettra” and “permettrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,281
- “permettra” frequency rank
- #5,906
- “permettrait” frequency rank
- 9187
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettra | permettrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de permettre. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettra and permettrait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permettra runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCCV) against permettrait's 11 (CVCCVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: permettra vs permettrait
A purely visual mix-up. permettra (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁa\) and permettrait (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁɛ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “permettra” sits inside “permettrait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permettra is recorded at frequency rank #3,281, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁa\. permettrait is at rank #5,906, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁɛ\.
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 9187, this pair ranks #417,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permettra vs permettrait
Shared letters: aemprt. Private to "permettra": -. Private to "permettrait": i.
"permettra" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV · "permettrait" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettra ← eprmettra · pemrettra · peremttra · permetra · permetrta · permettar · permettrra · permmettra
- permettrait ← eprmettrait · pemrettrait · peremttrait · permetrait · permetrtait · permettarit · permettraitt · permettrati
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "permettra" and "permettrait" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "permettra" or "permettrait" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "permettra" and "permettrait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "permettra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permettrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #417,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettra" and "permettrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permettrais vs permettrait". 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 #417,514 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.