Which to use
“permettre” and “perpétré” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,121
- “permettre” frequency rank
- #29,076
- “perpétré” frequency rank
- 30197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permettre | perpétré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donner liberté, pouvoir de faire, de dire. | Participe passé masculin singulier de perpétrer. |
Where the eye mixes permettre and perpétré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. permettre runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCCV) against perpétré's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: permettre vs perpétré
A purely visual mix-up. permettre (\pɛʁ.mɛtʁ\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permettre is recorded at frequency rank #1,121, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.mɛtʁ\. 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 30197, this pair ranks #311,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permettre vs perpétré
Shared letters: eprt. Private to "permettre": m. Private to "perpétré": é.
"permettre" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV · "perpétré" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permettre ← eprmettre · pemrettre · peremttre · permetre · permetrte · permetter · permettrre · permmettre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "permettre" and "perpétré" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "permettre" vs "perpétré" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "permettre" 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 #311,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permettre" 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 #311,898 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.