programs
/ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹæmz/
"programs" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“programs” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,351 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,351
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of program
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | programs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹæmz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “programs” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for programs is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹæmz/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,351 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of program".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for programs, with forms such as "porgrams", "pprograms", and "prgorams". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "progress", "program", "programme", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is programs, spelled P-R-O-G-R-A-M-S.
Definition
- 1plural of program
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porgrams,pprograms,prgorams,progarms,proggrams,programms,programss,prograsm,progrmas,progrrams,prorgams,prrograms,rpograms
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of programs - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “programs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-O-G-R-A-M-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹæmz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “progress” - see the side-by-side comparison. programs vs progress
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.