augmenter

\oɡ.mɑ̃.te\

/\oɡ.mɑ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“augmenter” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,900
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre une quantité plus grande.

Corpus desk

Index FR-augmenter · augmenter · French

augmenter · rank #1,900 · 13 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,900
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH bar

Nearest frequency peer: bar (+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 « augmenter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « augmenter » 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).

augmenter vs augmentés
78% similar
augmenter vs augmentez
89% similar
augmenter vs augmentera
90% similar

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

Key facts for augmenter
PropertyValue
Headwordaugmenter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\oɡ.mɑ̃.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,900
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « augmenter »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).augmenterse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bar » (#1,901), « arabe » (#1,898), « blague » (#1,902). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « augmenter » est au #1,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around augmenter (IPA \oɡ.mɑ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,900 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for augmenter, with forms such as "agumenter", "augemnter", and "auggmenter". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "augmentés", "augmentez", "augmentera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is augmenter, spelled A-U-G-M-E-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre une quantité plus grande.
  2. 2
    Accroitre le salaire d’une personne.
  3. 3
    Devenir plus grand, plus important ou plus intense.
  4. 4
    Pour une marchandise, devenir plus chère.
  5. 5
    S’accroitre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cependant je reconnais qu’il n’est pas utile d’augmenter le nombre des homophonies, que mieux vaudrait le diminuer […].
  2. Pour s’acquitter en marchandises et en travail, il fallait qu'elle équipât et suréquipât son territoire au point de vue industriel, qu'elle augmentât à la fois sa production et son exportation, qu'elle inondât ses créanciers de ces marchandises […].

Synonyms

accentueraccroîtreattiseragrandiraméliorer

Antonyms

diminuerréduire

This word in other languages

increase(English)aumentar(Español)vermehren(Deutsch)aumentar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agumenter
  • augemnter
  • auggmenter
  • augmenetr
  • augmennter
  • augmenterr
  • augmentre
  • augmentter
  • augmetner
  • augmmenter
  • augmneter
  • aumgenter
  • uagmenter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of augmenter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

agumenter2augemnter2auggmenter1augmenetr2augmennter1augmenterr1augmentre2augmentter1
Edit distance from "augmenter"

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 "augmenter"?
"augmenter" is spelled A-U-G-M-E-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \oɡ.mɑ̃.te\.
What does "augmenter" mean?
As a verb, "augmenter" means: Rendre une quantité plus grande.
What words are commonly confused with "augmenter"?
"augmenter" is commonly confused with "augmentés", "augmentez", "augmentera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "augmenter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "augmenter" is \oɡ.mɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "augmenter" come from?
"augmenter" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

devraient#1,910européens#1,916histoires#1,919numérique#1,879

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

pratiques13 variantscondition13 variantsappartient13 variantsautorités13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list