Which to use
“augmentait” and “augmentent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,704
- “augmentait” frequency rank
- #8,337
- “augmentent” frequency rank
- 36041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmentait | augmentent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe augmenter. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. |
Where the eye mixes augmentait and augmentent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between augmentait and augmentent
A purely visual mix-up. augmentait (\oɡ.mɑ̃.tɛ\) and augmentent (\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 36041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
augmentait is recorded at frequency rank #27,704, classified as averb, pronounced \oɡ.mɑ̃.tɛ\. augmentent is at rank #8,337, 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 36041, this pair ranks #272,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of augmentait vs augmentent
Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmentait": i. Private to "augmentent": -.
"augmentait" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVVC · "augmentent" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- augmentait ← agumentait · augemntait · auggmentait · augmenatit · augmenntait · augmentaitt · augmentati · augmentiat
- augmentent ← agumentent · augemntent · auggmentent · augmenetnt · augmenntent · augmentennt · augmententt · augmentetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "augmentait" and "augmentent" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "augmentait" or "augmentent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "augmentait" and "augmentent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmentait" and "augmentent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augmenta vs augmentait". 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 #272,410 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.