prog

\pʁɔɡ\

/\pʁɔɡ\/ noun

The verdict

“prog” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,751. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,751
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Programmation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prog · prog · French

prog · rank #30,751 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,751
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pretoria

Nearest frequency peer: Pretoria (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « prog »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « prog » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

prog vs PSG
0% similar
prog vs pros
75% similar
prog vs prou
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for prog
PropertyValue
Headwordprog
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔɡ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#30,751
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prog »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).progse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Pretoria » (#30,750), « promptement » (#30,752), « proxy » (#30,753). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prog » est au #30,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around prog (IPA \pʁɔɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,751 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Programmation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for prog, with forms such as "porg", "pprog", and "prgo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PSG", "pros", "prou", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is prog, spelled P-R-O-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Programmation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how prog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Aloe Blacc rejoint la prog 2013

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porg
  • pprog
  • prgo
  • progg
  • prrog
  • rpog

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prog - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

porg2pprog1prgo2progg1prrog1rpog2
Edit distance from "prog"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prog"?
"prog" is spelled P-R-O-G. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔɡ\.
What does "prog" mean?
As a noun, "prog" means: Programmation.
What words are commonly confused with "prog"?
"prog" is commonly confused with "PSG", "pros", "prou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prog"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prog" is \pʁɔɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prog" come from?
"prog" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prog", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list