programa
[pɾoˈɣ̞ɾama]
The verdict
“programa” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #370 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #370
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Determinada serie de actividades o acciones a realizarse.
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 | programa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾama] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “programa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for programa is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for programa, with forms such as "porgrama", "pprograma", and "prgorama". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "progresa", "programas", "programar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is programa, spelled P-R-O-G-R-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Determinada serie de actividades o acciones a realizarse.
- 2Relación escrita de éstas.
- 3Plan de estudios.
- 4Producción televisiva, especializada en alguna temática, que se transmite al aire en cierto espacio de tiempo.
- 5Aplicación 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of programa - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “programa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-G-R-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾama] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “progresa” - see the side-by-side comparison. programa vs progresa
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.