Which to use
“augmentée” and “augmentées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,636
- “augmentée” frequency rank
- #39,165
- “augmentées” frequency rank
- 49801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmentée | augmentées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe augmenter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe augmenter. |
Same sound, different letters: augmentée vs augmentées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. augmentée runs 9 letters (VVCCVCCVV) against augmentées's 10 (VVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: augmentée vs augmentées
This is the hard kind. augmentée and augmentées are pronounced identically (\oɡ.mɑ̃.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “augmentée” sits inside “augmentées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
augmentée is recorded at frequency rank #10,636, classified as averb, pronounced \oɡ.mɑ̃.te\. augmentées is at rank #39,165, 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 49801, this pair ranks #167,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of augmentée vs augmentées
Shared letters: aegmntué. Private to "augmentée": -. Private to "augmentées": s.
"augmentée" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVV · "augmentées" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "augmentée" and "augmentées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "augmentée" vs "augmentées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "augmentée" / "augmentées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #167,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmentée" and "augmentées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augmentées vs augmentez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #167,769 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.