Which to use
“augmente” and “augmentera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,054
- “augmente” frequency rank
- #22,494
- “augmentera” frequency rank
- 25548
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmente | augmentera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe augmenter. |
Where the eye mixes augmente and augmentera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses augmente with augmentera
A purely visual mix-up. augmente (\oɡ.mɑ̃t\) and augmentera (\oɡ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁa\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “augmente” sits inside “augmentera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25548, 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\. augmentera is at rank #22,494, tagged as averb, pronounced \oɡ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁa\.
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 25548, this pair ranks #340,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of augmente vs augmentera
Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmente": -. Private to "augmentera": r.
"augmente" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCCV · "augmentera" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- augmente ← agumente · augemnte · auggmente · augmenet · augmennte · augmentte · augmetne · augmmente
- augmentera ← agumentera · augemntera · auggmentera · augmenetra · augmenntera · augmentear · augmenterra · augmentrea
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "augmente" for "augmentera" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "augmente" or "augmentera" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "augmente" and "augmentera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #340,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmente" and "augmentera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augmenta vs augmentera". 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 #340,244 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.