Which to use
“alimente” and “augmente” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,193
- “alimente” frequency rank
- #3,054
- “augmente” frequency rank
- 17247
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alimente | augmente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe alimenter. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. |
Where the eye mixes alimente and augmente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: alimente vs augmente
A purely visual mix-up. alimente (\a.li.mɑ̃t\) and augmente (\oɡ.mɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17247, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alimente is recorded at frequency rank #14,193, classified as averb, pronounced \a.li.mɑ̃t\. augmente is at rank #3,054, tagged as averb, pronounced \oɡ.mɑ̃t\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 17247, this pair ranks #384,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of alimente vs augmente
Shared letters: aemnt. Private to "alimente": il. Private to "augmente": gu.
"alimente" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV · "augmente" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alimente" and "augmente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "alimente" vs "augmente" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "alimente" and "augmente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alimente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "augmente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #384,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alimente" and "augmente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aliéné vs alimente". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #384,092 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.