# augmentation

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #27,061

## Definitions
1. The act or process of augmenting.
2. An addition or extra, something that is added to something else.
3. A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
4. A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
5. The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
6. A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
7. An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.

## Etymology
From Middle English augmentation, augmentacion, augmentacioun, from Old French augmentacion, from Latin augmentātiō, verbal noun from augmentō (“increase”, verb).

## Easily confused with
- **argumentation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argumentation-vs-augmentation)

## Common misspellings (18)
`agumentation`, `augemntation`, `auggmentation`, `augmenattion`, `augmenntation`, `augmentaiton`, `augmentasion`, `augmentatino`, `augmentationn`, `augmentatoin`, `augmentattion`, `augmenttaion`, `augmenttation`, `augmetnation`, `augmmentation`, `augmnetation`, `aumgentation`, `uagmentation`

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