Which to use
“programme” and “programmeur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #560
- “programme” frequency rank
- #23,990
- “programmeur” frequency rank
- 24550
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | programme | programmeur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Écrit donnant le détail d’un événement ou d'une succession d'événements. | Personne qui développe un programme constitué par une séquence d'instructions écrite dans un langage de programmation et exécutée par un ordinateur, et en particulier, celui qui réalise des logiciels en créant des algorithmes et en les mettant en œuvre. Informaticien. |
Where the eye mixes programme and programmeur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between programme and programmeur
A purely visual mix-up. programme (\pʁɔ.ɡʁam\) and programmeur (\pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “programme” sits inside “programmeur”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24550, 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\. programmeur is at rank #23,990, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mœʁ\.
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 24550, this pair ranks #345,972 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of programme vs programmeur
Shared letters: aegmopr. Private to "programme": -. Private to "programmeur": u.
"programme" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV · "programmeur" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- programme ← porgramme · pprogramme · prgoramme · progarmme · proggramme · programe · programem · progrmame
- programmeur ← porgrammeur · pprogrammeur · prgorammeur · progarmmeur · proggrammeur · programemur · programeur · programmeru
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "programme" and "programmeur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "programme" or "programmeur" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "programme" and "programmeur" 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 "programmeur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,972 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "programme" and "programmeur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "programmateur vs programmeur". 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 #345,972 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.