Which to use
“augmente” and “augmenter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,054
- “augmente” frequency rank
- #1,900
- “augmenter” frequency rank
- 4954
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmente | augmenter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. | Rendre une quantité plus grande. |
Where the eye mixes augmente and augmenter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between augmente and augmenter
A purely visual mix-up. augmente (\oɡ.mɑ̃t\) and augmenter (\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 extra letter(s) - “augmente” sits inside “augmenter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4954, 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\. augmenter is at rank #1,900, 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 4954, this pair ranks #430,270 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of augmente vs augmenter
Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmente": -. Private to "augmenter": r.
"augmente" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCCV · "augmenter" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "augmente" and "augmenter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "augmente" vs "augmenter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "augmenter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #430,270 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmente" and "augmenter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augmenta vs augmente". 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 #430,270 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.