program
pro·gram/ˈpɹoʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/noun, verb
program is spelled P-R-O-G-R-A-M, 2 syllables: pro·gram. The wrong spelling people search most is progrom: about 120 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 56 of all searches for the word. Program is a noun meaning “A set of structured activities; a plan of action”. The plural of program is programs.
How many letters and syllables are in program?
| Letters | 7: P-R-O-G-R-A-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pro·gram |
| In writing | 186 times per million words; the 546th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, progrom, about 120 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell program?
Program is spelled P-R-O-G-R-A-M. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 40 of the searches for program in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is program?
Program appears 186 times per million words in written English, the 546th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce program?
- UK /ˈpɹəʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/
- US /ˈpɹoʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/
- /ˈpɹoʊ̯ˌɡɹeə̯m/
Program has 2 syllables, split pro·gram in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-program.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with program
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: programme.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with program?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as program from its last stressed vowel (/oʊɡɹæm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of program
- programs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- programme
- programming participle, present
- programing participle, present, rare
- programmed participle, past
- programed participle, past, rare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does program mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
get with the program
- 2
A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
- 3
A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- 4
A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
- 5
A computer program.
The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
- 6
A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- 7
A custom tracklist.
program playback
verb
- 1
To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
- 2
To develop (software) by writing program code.
I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
- 3
To put together the schedule of an event.
Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
- 4
To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- 5
To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Program in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | programme , programmation , émission , programmer |
| German | Programm , Sendung , programmieren , coden , konditionieren |
| Portuguese | programa, programação , programar , planear, planejar |
| Spanish | programa, temario, balotario , programar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does program come from?
Borrowed from French programme, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”), from προγράφω (prográphō, “to set forth as a public notice”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”). Doublet of programma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).