Which to use
“permirent” and “prirent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,114
- “permirent” frequency rank
- #18,564
- “prirent” frequency rank
- 50678
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permirent | prirent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de permettre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple du verbe prendre. |
Where the eye mixes permirent and prirent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between permirent and prirent
A purely visual mix-up. permirent (\pɛʁ.miʁ\) and prirent (\pʁiʁ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50678, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permirent is recorded at frequency rank #32,114, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.miʁ\. prirent is at rank #18,564, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁiʁ\.
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 50678, this pair ranks #160,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permirent vs prirent
Shared letters: einprt. Private to "permirent": m. Private to "prirent": -.
"permirent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "prirent" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permirent" for "prirent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "permirent" vs "prirent" - 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 "permirent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prirent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permirent" and "prirent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "périrent vs permirent". 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 #160,776 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.