programme

/\pʁɔ.ɡʁam\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#560

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

programme is aFrenchnoun. It means: Écrit donnant le détail d’un événement ou d'une succession d'événements. Pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁam\. It ranks #560 in French word frequency. Often confused with programmée and programmer.

Key facts for programme
PropertyValue
Headwordprogramme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.ɡʁam\
Letters9
Frequency rank#560
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of programme in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for programme is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for programme, with forms such as "porgramme", "pprogramme", and "prgoramme". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is programme, spelled P-R-O-G-R-A-M-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écrit donnant le détail d’un événement ou d'une succession d'événements.
  2. 2
    Suite des numéros d'artiste ou des œuvres représentées lors d’un spectacle, d’un concert, d’une fête, etc.
  3. 3
    Livret ou recueil où est détaillée une telle suite.
  4. 4
    Groupe d'émissions radio ou télévisées, cadencées dans le temps pour une chaîne déterminée.
  5. 5
    Exposé de principes ou d’idées, de l’énumération des réformes, des mesures projetées par une personne ou une organisation politique.
  6. 6
    Programme informatique ; ensemble d’instructions, souvent contenu dans un fichier, écrit dans un langage machine exécutable par un ordinateur.
  7. 7
    Programme scolaire.
  8. 8
    Thématique.
  9. 9
    Architecture 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.
  10. 10
    Document recueillant les besoins du maître d’ouvrage, les contraintes et le contexte d’une opération immobilière ou urbaine.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porgramme,pprogramme,prgoramme,progarmme,proggramme,programe,programem,progrmame,progrramme,prorgamme,prrogramme,rpogramme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for programme

Misspelling Variants of "programme"

porgramme9pprogramme10prgoramme9progarmme9proggramme10programe8programem9progrmame9
Misspelling Variants of "programme"

Frequency rank: #560 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "programme"?
"programme" is spelled P-R-O-G-R-A-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.ɡʁam\.
What does "programme" mean?
As a noun, "programme" means: Écrit donnant le détail d’un événement ou d'une succession d'événements.
What words are commonly confused with "programme"?
"programme" is commonly confused with "programmée", "programmer", "programmés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "programme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "programme" is \pʁɔ.ɡʁam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "programme" come from?
"programme" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.