Which to use
“permise” and “persisté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,098
- “permise” frequency rank
- #48,713
- “persisté” frequency rank
- 67811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permise | persisté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de permettre. | Participe passé masculin singulier de persister. |
Where the eye mixes permise and persisté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. permise runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against persisté's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses permise with persisté
A purely visual mix-up. permise (\pɛʁ.miz\) and persisté (\pɛʁ.sis.te\) 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 67811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permise is recorded at frequency rank #19,098, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.miz\. persisté is at rank #48,713, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.sis.te\.
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 67811, this pair ranks #61,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of permise vs persisté
Shared letters: eiprs. Private to "permise": m. Private to "persisté": té.
"permise" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "persisté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permise ← eprmise · pemrise · perimse · permies · permisse · permmise · permsie · perrmise
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "permise" and "persisté" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "permise" or "persisté" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "permise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "persisté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permise" and "persisté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persique vs persisté". 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 #61,809 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.