augmente
\oɡ.mɑ̃t\
The verdict
“augmente” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,054 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #3,054
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | augmente |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \oɡ.mɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “augmente” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for augmente is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \oɡ.mɑ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,054 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for augmente, with forms such as "agumente", "augemnte", and "auggmente". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "augmenter", "augmentée", "augmentés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is augmente, spelled A-U-G-M-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe augmenter.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe augmenter.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe augmenter.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agumente,augemnte,auggmente,augmenet,augmennte,augmentte,augmetne,augmmente,augmnete,aumgente,uagmente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of augmente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “augmente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-U-G-M-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \oɡ.mɑ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “augmenter” - see the side-by-side comparison. augmente vs augmenter
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.