programme
\pʁɔ.ɡʁam\
The verdict
“programme” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #560 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #560
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Écrit donnant le détail d’un événement ou d'une succession d'événements.
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 | programme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.ɡʁam\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “programme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for programme is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɔ.ɡʁam\. Corpus data places it at rank #560 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 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 programme, with forms such as "porgramme", "pprogramme", and "prgoramme". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "programmée", "programmer", "programmés", and more, 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is programme, spelled P-R-O-G-R-A-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Écrit donnant le détail d’un événement ou d'une succession d'événements.
- 2Suite des numéros d'artiste ou des œuvres représentées lors d’un spectacle, d’un concert, d’une fête, etc.
- 3Livret ou recueil où est détaillée une telle suite.
- 4Groupe d'émissions radio ou télévisées, cadencées dans le temps pour une chaîne déterminée.
- 5Exposé de principes ou d’idées, de l’énumération des réformes, des mesures projetées par une personne ou une organisation politique.
- 6Programme informatique ; ensemble d’instructions, souvent contenu dans un fichier, écrit dans un langage machine exécutable par un ordinateur.
- 7Programme scolaire.
- 8Thématique.
- 9Architecture à programme : architecture imposée pour l'extérieur d'un ensemble de bâtiments, pour conserver son harmonie générale, tandis que l'architecture intérieure des édifices est libre de contraintes.
- 10Document recueillant les besoins du maître d’ouvrage, les contraintes et le contexte d’une opération immobilière ou urbaine.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porgramme,pprogramme,prgoramme,progarmme,proggramme,programe,programem,progrmame,progrramme,prorgamme,prrogramme,rpogramme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of programme - 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.
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.
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Using “programme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-O-G-R-A-M-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁɔ.ɡʁam\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “programmée” - see the side-by-side comparison. programme vs programmée
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.