permission

/pɚˈmɪʃən/

//pɚˈmɪʃən// noun

The verdict

“permission” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,753 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,753
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - permissão, autorização, consentimento

Corpus desk

Index PT-permission · permission · Portuguese

permission · rank #86,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,753
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH piratear

Nearest frequency peer: piratear (+6 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “permission”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “permission” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for permission
PropertyValue
Headwordpermission
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɚˈmɪʃən/
Letters10
Frequency rank#86,753
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “permission” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.permissioncai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “piratear” (#86,759), “patchwork” (#86,743), “Polonia” (#86,763). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “permission” fica em #86,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

permission is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,753 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɚˈmɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "permissão, autorização, consentimento".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for permission, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is permission, spelled P-E-R-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    permissão, autorização, consentimento

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how permission appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sir, do I have your permission to execute this task?

Antonyms

prohibition

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "permission"?
"permission" is spelled P-E-R-M-I-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /pɚˈmɪʃən/.
What does "permission" mean?
As a noun, "permission" means: permissão, autorização, consentimento
How do you pronounce "permission"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "permission" is /pɚˈmɪʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "permission" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "permission", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list