programvsProgrammConfusable pair

Which to use

“program” and “Programm” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,079
“program” frequency rank
#908
“Programm” frequency rank
24987
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature program Programm
Definition Programm Folge von Anweisungen für eine Maschine (häufig für einen Computer) oder eine Anlage

Letter map: program vs Programm

Shared letters muted; letters that set program and Programm apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

7 ch
program
8 ch
Programm

Corpus notes: program and Programm

program and Programm are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “program” sits inside “Programm”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

program is recorded at frequency rank #24,079, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Programm is at rank #908, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pʁoˈɡʁam].

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 24987, this pair ranks #1,839,754 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of program vs Programm

Shared letters: agmopr. Private to "program": -. Private to "Programm": -.

"program" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "Programm" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • programporgram · pprogram · prgoram · progarm · proggram · progrma · progrram · prorgam
  • Programmporgramm · pprogramm · prgoramm · progarmm · proggramm · progrmam · progrramm · prorgamm

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "program" and "Programm" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “program” sits inside “Programm”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "program" or "Programm" show up more?
"Programm" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #908 in our German list, against #24,079 for "program". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "program" and "Programm".

  • Full dictionary entry for "program" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Programm" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,839,754 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "program" and "Programm" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "program vs puzzles". 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 #1,839,754 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list