Which to use
“programmée” is an adjective and “programmeur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,874
- “programmée” frequency rank
- #23,990
- “programmeur” frequency rank
- 37864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | programmée | programmeur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de programmé. | 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 programmée and programmeur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses programmée with programmeur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: programmée is \pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me\ while programmeur is \pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mœʁ\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
programmée is recorded at frequency rank #13,874, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me\. 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 37864, this pair ranks #259,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of programmée vs programmeur
Shared letters: aegmopr. Private to "programmée": é. Private to "programmeur": u.
"programmée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVV · "programmeur" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- programmeur ← porgrammeur · pprogrammeur · prgorammeur · progarmmeur · proggrammeur · programemur · programeur · programmeru
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "programmée" for "programmeur" ever safe?
Which is more common, "programmée" or "programmeur"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "programmée" 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 #259,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "programmée" 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 #259,422 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.