Which to use
“augmente” and “augmentée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,054
- “augmente” frequency rank
- #10,636
- “augmentée” frequency rank
- 13690
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmente | augmentée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe augmenter. |
Where the eye mixes augmente and augmentée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between augmente and augmentée
A purely visual mix-up. augmente (\oɡ.mɑ̃t\) 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 13690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
augmente is recorded at frequency rank #3,054, classified as averb, pronounced \oɡ.mɑ̃t\. 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 13690, this pair ranks #399,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of augmente vs augmentée
Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmente": -. Private to "augmentée": é.
"augmente" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCCV · "augmentée" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- augmente ← agumente · augemnte · auggmente · augmenet · augmennte · augmentte · augmetne · augmmente
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "augmente" and "augmentée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "augmente" or "augmentée"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmente" 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 #399,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmente" and "augmentée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augmenta vs augmentée". 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 #399,953 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.