Which to use
“augmenter” and “augmentera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,900
- “augmenter” frequency rank
- #22,494
- “augmentera” frequency rank
- 24394
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmenter | augmentera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre une quantité plus grande. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe augmenter. |
Where the eye mixes augmenter and augmentera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between augmenter and augmentera
A purely visual mix-up. augmenter (\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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “augmenter” sits inside “augmentera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
augmenter is recorded at frequency rank #1,900, 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 24394, this pair ranks #346,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of augmenter vs augmentera
Shared letters: aegmnrtu. Private to "augmenter": -. Private to "augmentera": -.
"augmenter" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC · "augmentera" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- augmenter ← agumenter · augemnter · auggmenter · augmenetr · augmennter · augmenterr · augmentre · augmentter
- augmentera ← agumentera · augemntera · auggmentera · augmenetra · augmenntera · augmentear · augmenterra · augmentrea
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "augmenter" for "augmentera" ever safe?
Frequency check: "augmenter" vs "augmentera" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmenter" 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 #346,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmenter" and "augmentera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "augmenta vs augmentera". 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 #346,854 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.