# augment

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/ · frequency rank #22,577

## Definitions
1. To increase; to make larger or supplement.
2. To grow; to increase; to become greater.
3. To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
4. To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
5. To add an augment to.

## Etymology
From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).

## Easily confused with
- **augmented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/augment-vs-augmented)
- **agent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agent-vs-augment)
- **argent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argent-vs-augment)
- **ailment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailment-vs-augment)
- **argument** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argument-vs-augment)

## Common misspellings (10)
`agument`, `augemnt`, `auggment`, `augmennt`, `augmentt`, `augmetn`, `augmment`, `augmnet`, `aumgent`, `uagment`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/augment