Which to use
“augmentent” and “augmenter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,337
- “augmentent” frequency rank
- #1,900
- “augmenter” frequency rank
- 10237
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmentent | augmenter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. | Rendre une quantité plus grande. |
Where the eye mixes augmentent and augmenter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses augmentent with augmenter
A purely visual mix-up. augmentent (\oɡ.mɑ̃t\) and augmenter (\oɡ.mɑ̃.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10237, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
augmentent is recorded at frequency rank #8,337, classified as averb, pronounced \oɡ.mɑ̃t\. 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 10237, this pair ranks #413,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of augmentent vs augmenter
Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmentent": -. Private to "augmenter": r.
"augmentent" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCC · "augmenter" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- augmentent ← agumentent · augemntent · auggmentent · augmenetnt · augmenntent · augmentennt · augmententt · augmentetn
- augmenter ← agumenter · augemnter · auggmenter · augmenetr · augmennter · augmenterr · augmentre · augmentter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "augmentent" and "augmenter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "augmentent" or "augmenter"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "augmentent" and "augmenter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentent" 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 #413,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmentent" and "augmenter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augmentent vs augmenteront". 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 #413,731 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.