programméesvsprogrammerWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: programmées is a adjective, programmer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“programmées” is an adjective and “programmer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,486
“programmées” frequency rank
#16,707
“programmer” frequency rank
46193
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature programmées programmer
Definition Féminin pluriel de programmé. Mettre dans un programme.

Same sound, different letters: programmées vs programmer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.

11 ch
programmées
10 ch
programmer

Homophone desk: programmées vs programmer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: programmées and programmer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

programmées is recorded at frequency rank #29,486, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁa.me\. programmer is at rank #16,707, tagged as averb, 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 46193, this pair ranks #196,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of programmées vs programmer

Shared letters: aegmopr. Private to "programmées": . Private to "programmer": -.

"programmées" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVVC  ·  "programmer" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • programmerporgrammer · pprogrammer · prgorammer · progarmmer · proggrammer · programemr · programer · programmerr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "programmées" and "programmer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "programmées" is an adjective and "programmer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "programmées" vs "programmer" - which ranks higher?
"programmer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,707 in our French list, against #29,486 for "programmées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "programmées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "programmer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #196,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "programmées" and "programmer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "programmées 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 #196,876 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list