Which to use
“programme” is a noun and “programmés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #560
- “programme” frequency rank
- #24,336
- “programmés” frequency rank
- 24896
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | programme | programmés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Écrit donnant le détail d’un événement ou d'une succession d'événements. | Masculin pluriel de programmé. |
Where the eye mixes programme and programmés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: programme vs programmés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: programme is \pʁɔ.ɡʁam\ while programmés is \pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24896, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
programme is recorded at frequency rank #560, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁam\. programmés is at rank #24,336, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me\.
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 24896, this pair ranks #343,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of programme vs programmés
Shared letters: agmopr. Private to "programme": e. Private to "programmés": sé.
"programme" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV · "programmés" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- programme ← porgramme · pprogramme · prgoramme · progarmme · proggramme · programe · programem · progrmame
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "programme" and "programmés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "programme" vs "programmés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "programme" and "programmés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "programme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "programmés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "programme" and "programmés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "programmés vs programmeurs". 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 #343,955 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.