augmentent

\oɡ.mɑ̃t\

/\oɡ.mɑ̃t\/ verb

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The verdict

“augmentent” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,337
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-augmentent · augmentent · French

augmentent · rank #8,337 · 15 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,337
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH attribue

Nearest frequency peer: attribue (-1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « augmentent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « augmentent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

augmentent vs augmenter
80% similar
augmentent vs augmentés
70% similar
augmentent vs augmentez
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for augmentent
PropertyValue
Headwordaugmentent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\oɡ.mɑ̃t\
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,337
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « augmentent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).augmententse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « attribue » (#8,336), « Bank » (#8,339), « architectes » (#8,334). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « augmentent » est au #8,337. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around augmentent (IPA \oɡ.mɑ̃t\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,337 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for augmentent, with forms such as "agumentent", "augemntent", and "auggmentent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "augmenter", "augmentés", "augmentez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is augmentent, spelled A-U-G-M-E-N-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe augmenter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et, cependant, Andoche Praudel, l’auteur de Gloire de la Corrèze, constate que tous les personnages célèbres qui de la Corrèze augmentent l’image, le firent à Paris, la capitale.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agumentent
  • augemntent
  • auggmentent
  • augmenetnt
  • augmenntent
  • augmentennt
  • augmententt
  • augmentetn
  • augmentnet
  • augmenttent
  • augmetnent
  • augmmentent
  • augmnetent
  • aumgentent
  • uagmentent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of augmentent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

agumentent2augemntent2auggmentent1augmenetnt2augmenntent1augmentennt1augmententt1augmentetn2
Edit distance from "augmentent"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "augmentent"?
"augmentent" is spelled A-U-G-M-E-N-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \oɡ.mɑ̃t\.
What does "augmentent" mean?
As a verb, "augmentent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter.
What words are commonly confused with "augmentent"?
"augmentent" is commonly confused with "augmenter", "augmentés", "augmentez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "augmentent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "augmentent" is \oɡ.mɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "augmentent" come from?
"augmentent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

applicable#8,333biographie#8,343allocation#8,328africaines#8,326

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

bizarrement15 variantscomprenait15 variantsdistribuer15 variantsprivilégié15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list