Which to use
“augmenta” and “augmente” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,789
- “augmenta” frequency rank
- #3,054
- “augmente” frequency rank
- 46843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmenta | augmente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe augmenter. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. |
Where the eye mixes augmenta and augmente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between augmenta and augmente
A purely visual mix-up. augmenta (\oɡ.mɑ̃.ta\) 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 differ by a single letter - a in “augmenta” becomes e in “augmente”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
augmenta is recorded at frequency rank #43,789, classified as averb, pronounced \oɡ.mɑ̃.ta\. 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 46843, this pair ranks #191,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of augmenta vs augmente
Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmenta": -. Private to "augmente": -.
"augmenta" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCCV · "augmente" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "augmenta" for "augmente" ever safe?
Which is more common, "augmenta" or "augmente"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "augmenta" and "augmente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmenta" 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 #191,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmenta" and "augmente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augmenta vs augmentez". 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 #191,624 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.