programa

/[pɾoˈɣ̞ɾama]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#370

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

programa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Determinada serie de actividades o acciones a realizarse. Pronounced [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾama]. It ranks #370 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with progresa and programas.

Key facts for programa
PropertyValue
Headwordprograma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾoˈɣ̞ɾama]
Letters8
Frequency rank#370
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of programa in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for programa is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾama]. Corpus data places it at rank #370 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for programa, with forms such as "porgrama", "pprograma", and "prgorama". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "progresa", "programas", "programar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is programa, spelled P-R-O-G-R-A-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Determinada serie de actividades o acciones a realizarse.
  2. 2
    Relación escrita de éstas.
  3. 3
    Plan de estudios.
  4. 4
    Producción televisiva, especializada en alguna temática, que se transmite al aire en cierto espacio de tiempo.
  5. 5
    Aplicación informática creada para ejecutar automáticamente determinadas tareas.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porgrama,pprograma,prgorama,progarma,proggrama,prograam,programma,progrmaa,progrrama,prorgama,prrograma,rpograma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for programa

Misspelling Variants of "programa"

porgrama8pprograma9prgorama8progarma8proggrama9prograam8programma9progrmaa8
Misspelling Variants of "programa"

Frequency rank: #370 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "programa"?
"programa" is spelled P-R-O-G-R-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾama].
What does "programa" mean?
As a noun, "programa" means: Determinada serie de actividades o acciones a realizarse.
What words are commonly confused with "programa"?
"programa" is commonly confused with "progresa", "programas", "programar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "programa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "programa" is [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾama]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "programa" come from?
"programa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.