Which to use
“program” and “Programme” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,079
- “program” frequency rank
- #4,827
- “Programme” frequency rank
- 28906
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | program | Programme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Programm | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Programm |
Letter map: program vs Programme
Shared letters muted; letters that set program and Programme apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Corpus notes: program and Programme
program and Programme 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 2 extra letter(s) - “program” sits inside “Programme”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
program is recorded at frequency rank #24,079, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Programme is at rank #4,827, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pʁoˈɡʁamə].
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 28906, this pair ranks #1,776,447 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of program vs Programme
Shared letters: agmopr. Private to "program": -. Private to "Programme": e.
"program" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "Programme" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "program" and "Programme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "program" or "Programme"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "program" and "Programme".
- Full dictionary entry for "program" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Programme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,776,447 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "program" and "Programme" 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 #1,776,447 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.