Which to use
“augmentées” and “augmentez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,165
- “augmentées” frequency rank
- #35,818
- “augmentez” frequency rank
- 74983
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmentées | augmentez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe augmenter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. |
Same sound, different letters: augmentées vs augmentez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - augmentées / augmentez
This is the hard kind. augmentées and augmentez 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 74983, 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\. augmentez is at rank #35,818, 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 74983, this pair ranks #35,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of augmentées vs augmentez
Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmentées": sé. Private to "augmentez": z.
"augmentées" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVVC · "augmentez" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- augmentez ← agumentez · augemntez · auggmentez · augmenetz · augmenntez · augmentezz · augmenttez · augmentze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "augmentées" for "augmentez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "augmentées" or "augmentez"?
After this comparison
"augmentées" and "augmentez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmentées" and "augmentez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augmenta 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 #35,441 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.