augmentavsaugmentéeConfusable pair

Which to use

“augmenta” and “augmentée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,789
“augmenta” frequency rank
#10,636
“augmentée” frequency rank
54425
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature augmenta augmentée
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe augmenter. Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe augmenter.

Where the eye mixes augmenta and augmentée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
augmenta
9 ch
augmentée

Visual trap between augmenta and augmentée

A purely visual mix-up. augmenta (\oɡ.mɑ̃.ta\) and augmentée (\oɡ.mɑ̃.te\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54425, 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\. augmentée is at rank #10,636, tagged as averb, pronounced \oɡ.mɑ̃.te\.

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 54425, this pair ranks #134,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of augmenta vs augmentée

Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmenta": -. Private to "augmentée": é.

"augmenta" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCCV  ·  "augmentée" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • augmentaagumenta · augemnta · auggmenta · augmenat · augmennta · augmentta · augmetna · augmmenta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "augmenta" for "augmentée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\oɡ.mɑ̃.ta\ versus \oɡ.mɑ̃.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "augmenta" vs "augmentée" - which ranks higher?
"augmentée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,636 in our French list, against #43,789 for "augmenta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "augmenta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "augmentée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #134,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "augmenta" and "augmentée" 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 #134,152 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