Which to use
“augmentées” and “augmentent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,165
- “augmentées” frequency rank
- #8,337
- “augmentent” frequency rank
- 47502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmentées | augmentent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe augmenter. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. |
Where the eye mixes augmentées and augmentent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses augmentées with augmentent
A purely visual mix-up. augmentées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
augmentées is recorded at frequency rank #39,165, 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 47502, this pair ranks #186,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of augmentées vs augmentent
Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmentées": sé. Private to "augmentent": -.
"augmentées" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVVC · "augmentent" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- augmentent ← agumentent · augemntent · auggmentent · augmenetnt · augmenntent · augmentennt · augmententt · augmentetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "augmentées" and "augmentent" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "augmentées" or "augmentent" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentées" 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 #186,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmentées" and "augmentent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augmentées 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 #186,460 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.