augmentéesvsaugmenteraConfusable pair

Which to use

“augmentées” and “augmentera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,165
“augmentées” frequency rank
#22,494
“augmentera” frequency rank
61659
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature augmentées augmentera
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe augmenter. Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe augmenter.

Where the eye mixes augmentées and augmentera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
augmentées
10 ch
augmentera

Why the eye confuses augmentées with augmentera

A purely visual mix-up. augmentées (\oɡ.mɑ̃.te\) and augmentera (\oɡ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁa\) 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 61659, 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\. augmentera is at rank #22,494, tagged as averb, pronounced \oɡ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁa\.

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 61659, this pair ranks #91,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of augmentées vs augmentera

Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmentées": . Private to "augmentera": r.

"augmentées" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVVC  ·  "augmentera" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • augmenteraagumentera · augemntera · auggmentera · augmenetra · augmenntera · augmentear · augmenterra · augmentrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "augmentées" for "augmentera" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\oɡ.mɑ̃.te\ versus \oɡ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "augmentées" vs "augmentera" - which ranks higher?
"augmentera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,494 in our French list, against #39,165 for "augmentées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "augmentées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "augmentera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #91,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "augmentées" and "augmentera" 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 #91,122 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list