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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "program" and "Programm" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "program" or "Programm" show up more?
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.