aumentar vs aumento, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“aumentar” is a verb and “aumento” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,560
“aumentar” frequency rank: #929
“aumento” frequency rank: 2489
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	aumentar	aumento
Definition	tornar maior, ampliar:	ato ou efeito de aumentar; ampliação

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set aumentar and aumento apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch

aumentar

7 ch

aumento

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aumentar is /aw.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/ while aumento is /aw.ˈmẽ.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aumentar is recorded at frequency rank #1,560, classified as averb, pronounced /aw.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/. aumento is at rank #929, tagged as anoun, pronounced /aw.ˈmẽ.tu/.

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 2489, this pair ranks #72,888 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aumentar vs aumento

Shared letters: aemntu. Private to "aumentar": r. Private to "aumento": o.

"aumentar" · 8 letters · shape VVCVCCVC · "aumento" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

aumentar ← amuentar · auemntar · aumenatr · aumenntar · aumentarr · aumentra · aumenttar · aumetnar
aumento ← amuento · auemnto · aumennto · aumenot · aumentto · aumetno · aummento · aumneto

Frequency comparison

aumentar#1,560

aumento#929

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aumentar" and "aumento" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aumentar" is a verb and "aumento" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "aumentar" or "aumento"?

"aumento" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #929 in our Portuguese list, against #1,560 for "aumentar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering aumentar vs aumento

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “aumentar”; for a noun, it's “aumento”.
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