Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb permute
1 sense of permute
Sense 1
permute, commute, transpose -- (change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word")
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse -- (change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern")