augmentavsaugmenteTell them apart

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.

8 ch
augmenta
8 ch
augmente

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

  • augmentaagumenta · augemnta · auggmenta · augmenat · augmennta · augmentta · augmetna · augmmenta
  • augmenteagumente · augemnte · auggmente · augmenet · augmennte · augmentte · augmetne · augmmente

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "augmenta" for "augmente" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\oɡ.mɑ̃.ta\ versus \oɡ.mɑ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "augmenta" or "augmente"?
"augmente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,054 in our French list, against #43,789 for "augmenta". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list