Which to use
“program” and “progrès” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,299
- “program” frequency rank
- #2,442
- “progrès” frequency rank
- 30741
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | program | progrès |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Programme. | Mouvement en avant de la civilisation, en général ou dans un de ses domaines particuliers. |
Where the eye mixes program and progrès
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: program vs progrès
A purely visual mix-up. program (\ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹæm\) and progrès (\pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30741, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
program is recorded at frequency rank #28,299, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹæm\. progrès is at rank #2,442, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ\.
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 30741, this pair ranks #308,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of program vs progrès
Shared letters: gopr. Private to "program": am. Private to "progrès": sè.
"program" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "progrès" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- program ← porgram · pprogram · prgoram · progarm · proggram · programm · progrma · progrram
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "program" and "progrès" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "program" or "progrès" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "program" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "progrès" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "program" and "progrès" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "progrès vs prouvés". 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 #308,282 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.