Which to use
“augmentée” and “augmentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,636
- “augmentée” frequency rank
- #29,650
- “augmentés” frequency rank
- 40286
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmentée | augmentés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe augmenter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe augmenter. |
Same sound, different letters: augmentée vs augmentés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. augmentée (VVCCVCCVV) and augmentés (VVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - augmentée and augmentés
This is the hard kind. augmentée and augmentés 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 a single letter - e in “augmentée” becomes s in “augmentés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40286, 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\. augmentés is at rank #29,650, 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 40286, this pair ranks #241,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of augmentée vs augmentés
Shared letters: aegmntué. Private to "augmentée": -. Private to "augmentés": s.
"augmentée" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVV · "augmentés" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "augmentée" and "augmentés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "augmentée" or "augmentés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "augmentée" / "augmentés". 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 "augmentés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmentée" and "augmentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augmenta vs augmentés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #241,637 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.