Which to use
“permettrait” and “permettront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,906
- “permettrait” frequency rank
- #9,362
- “permettront” frequency rank
- 15268
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettrait | permettront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de permettre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de permettre. |
Where the eye mixes permettrait and permettront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between permettrait and permettront
A purely visual mix-up. permettrait (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁɛ\) and permettront (\pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁɔ̃\) 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 15268, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permettrait is recorded at frequency rank #5,906, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁɛ\. permettront is at rank #9,362, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛ.tʁɔ̃\.
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 15268, this pair ranks #393,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permettrait vs permettront
Shared letters: emprt. Private to "permettrait": ai. Private to "permettront": no.
"permettrait" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVVC · "permettront" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettrait ← eprmettrait · pemrettrait · peremttrait · permetrait · permetrtait · permettarit · permettraitt · permettrati
- permettront ← eprmettront · pemrettront · peremttront · permetront · permetrtont · permettornt · permettrnot · permettronnt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permettrait" for "permettront" ever safe?
Which is more common, "permettrait" or "permettront"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "permettrait" and "permettront" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "permettrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permettront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettrait" and "permettront" 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 #393,097 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.