Which to use
“augmenter” and “augmentez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,900
- “augmenter” frequency rank
- #35,818
- “augmentez” frequency rank
- 37718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | augmenter | augmentez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre une quantité plus grande. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe augmenter. |
Same sound, different letters: augmenter vs augmentez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - augmenter and augmentez
This is the hard kind. augmenter 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 a single letter - r in “augmenter” becomes z in “augmentez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37718, 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\. 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 37718, this pair ranks #260,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of augmenter vs augmentez
Shared letters: aegmntu. Private to "augmenter": r. Private to "augmentez": z.
"augmenter" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC · "augmentez" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "augmenter" and "augmentez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "augmenter" or "augmentez" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "augmenter" 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 #260,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "augmenter" 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 #260,442 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.