Which to use
“augmentent” and “augmentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,337
- “augmentent” frequency rank
- #29,650
- “augmentés” frequency rank
- 37987
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmentent | augmentés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe augmenter. |
Where the eye mixes augmentent and augmentés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: augmentent vs augmentés
A purely visual mix-up. augmentent (\oɡ.mɑ̃t\) and augmentés (\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 37987, 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\. augmentés is at rank #29,650, 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 37987, this pair ranks #258,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of augmentent vs augmentés
Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmentent": -. Private to "augmentés": sé.
"augmentent" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCC · "augmentés" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- augmentent ← agumentent · augemntent · auggmentent · augmenetnt · augmenntent · augmentennt · augmententt · augmentetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "augmentent" and "augmentés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "augmentent" vs "augmentés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "augmentés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #258,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmentent" and "augmentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augmenta vs augmentés". 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 #258,527 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.