Which to use
“augmentée” and “augmentent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,636
- “augmentée” frequency rank
- #8,337
- “augmentent” frequency rank
- 18973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmentée | augmentent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe augmenter. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. |
Where the eye mixes augmentée and augmentent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between augmentée and augmentent
A purely visual mix-up. augmentée (\oɡ.mɑ̃.te\) and augmentent (\oɡ.mɑ̃t\) 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 18973, 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\. augmentent is at rank #8,337, tagged as averb, pronounced \oɡ.mɑ̃t\.
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 18973, this pair ranks #375,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of augmentée vs augmentent
Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmentée": é. Private to "augmentent": -.
"augmentée" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVV · "augmentent" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- augmentent ← agumentent · augemntent · auggmentent · augmenetnt · augmenntent · augmentennt · augmententt · augmentetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "augmentée" and "augmentent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "augmentée" or "augmentent" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmentée" and "augmentent" 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 #375,666 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.