program

\ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹæm\

/\ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹæm\/ noun

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The verdict

“program” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,299
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-program · program · French

program · rank #28,299 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,299
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH portugaises

Nearest frequency peer: portugaises (-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 « program »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « program » 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).

program vs progrès
71% similar
program vs programme
78% similar

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

Key facts for program
PropertyValue
Headwordprogram
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹæm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,299
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « program »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).programse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « portugaises » (#28,298), « prononçant » (#28,300), « portuaires » (#28,297). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « program » est au #28,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around program (IPA \ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹæm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,299 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for program, with forms such as "porgram", "pprogram", and "prgoram". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "progrès", "programme", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is program, spelled P-R-O-G-R-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Programme.
  2. 2
    Programme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A program that implements this recursive algorithm is shown below.
  2. Frozen binary executables … are packages that combine your program's byte code and the Python interpreter into a single executable program.

Synonyms

computer program

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porgram
  • pprogram
  • prgoram
  • progarm
  • proggram
  • programm
  • progrma
  • progrram
  • prorgam
  • prrogram
  • rpogram

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of program - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

porgram2pprogram1prgoram2progarm2proggram1programm1progrma2progrram1
Edit distance from "program"

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 "program"?
"program" is spelled P-R-O-G-R-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹæm\.
What does "program" mean?
As a noun, "program" means: Programme.
What words are commonly confused with "program"?
"program" is commonly confused with "progrès", "programme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "program"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "program" is \ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹæm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "program" come from?
"program" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pistons#28,291release#28,324occitan#28,269retombé#28,330

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

pleuvait11 variantsrefusera11 variantsoreillers11 variantsretouche11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list