Which to use
“augmentées” and “augmenter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,165
- “augmentées” frequency rank
- #1,900
- “augmenter” frequency rank
- 41065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmentées | augmenter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe augmenter. | Rendre une quantité plus grande. |
Same sound, different letters: augmentées vs augmenter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: augmentées vs augmenter
This is the hard kind. augmentées and augmenter 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41065, 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\. augmenter is at rank #1,900, 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 41065, this pair ranks #235,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of augmentées vs augmenter
Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmentées": sé. Private to "augmenter": r.
"augmentées" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVVC · "augmenter" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- augmenter ← agumenter · augemnter · auggmenter · augmenetr · augmennter · augmenterr · augmentre · augmentter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "augmentées" for "augmenter" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "augmentées" or "augmenter" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "augmenter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmentées" and "augmenter" 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 #235,784 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.