augmentevsaugmentezTell them apart

Which to use

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

#3,054
“augmente” frequency rank
#35,818
“augmentez” frequency rank
38872
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature augmente augmentez
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter.

Where the eye mixes augmente and augmentez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
augmente
9 ch
augmentez

Visual trap between augmente and augmentez

A purely visual mix-up. augmente (\oɡ.mɑ̃t\) and augmentez (\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 “augmentez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38872, 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\. augmentez is at rank #35,818, 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 38872, this pair ranks #252,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of augmente vs augmentez

Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmente": -. Private to "augmentez": z.

"augmente" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVCCV  ·  "augmentez" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • augmenteagumente · augemnte · auggmente · augmenet · augmennte · augmentte · augmetne · augmmente
  • augmentezagumentez · augemntez · auggmentez · augmenetz · augmenntez · augmentezz · augmenttez · augmentze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "augmente" and "augmentez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\oɡ.mɑ̃t\ versus \oɡ.mɑ̃.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "augmente" or "augmentez" show up more?
"augmente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,054 in our French list, against #35,818 for "augmentez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "augmente" and "augmentez" 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 "augmentez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #252,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "augmente" and "augmentez" 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 #252,206 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