programadavsprogramasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: programada is a participle, programas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“programada” is a participle and “programas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,323
“programada” frequency rank
#1,063
“programas” frequency rank
14386
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature programada programas
Definition Forma del femenino de programado, participio de programar. Forma del plural de programa.

Where the eye mixes programada and programas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
programada
9 ch
programas

Look-alike desk: programada vs programas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: programada is [pɾoɣ̞ɾaˈmað̞a] while programas is [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾamas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14386, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

programada is recorded at frequency rank #13,323, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾoɣ̞ɾaˈmað̞a]. programas is at rank #1,063, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾamas].

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 14386, this pair ranks #284,303 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of programada vs programas

Shared letters: agmopr. Private to "programada": d. Private to "programas": s.

"programada" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCVCV  ·  "programas" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • programadaporgramada · pprogramada · prgoramada · progarmada · proggramada · prograamda · programaad · programadda
  • programasporgramas · pprogramas · prgoramas · progarmas · proggramas · prograams · programass · programmas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "programada" for "programas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "programada" is a participle and "programas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "programada" vs "programas" - which ranks higher?
"programas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,063 in our Spanish list, against #13,323 for "programada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "programada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "programas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #284,303 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "programada" and "programas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "programada vs programan". 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 #284,303 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list