Which to use
“programmeur” and “programmeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,990
- “programmeur” frequency rank
- #36,546
- “programmeurs” frequency rank
- 60536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | programmeur | programmeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Pluriel de programmeur. |
Same sound, different letters: programmeur vs programmeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - programmeur / programmeurs
This is the hard kind. programmeur and programmeurs are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mœʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “programmeur” sits inside “programmeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
programmeur is recorded at frequency rank #23,990, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.ɡʁa.mœʁ\. programmeurs is at rank #36,546, 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 60536, this pair ranks #97,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of programmeur vs programmeurs
Shared letters: aegmopru. Private to "programmeur": -. Private to "programmeurs": s.
"programmeur" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVVC · "programmeurs" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- programmeur ← porgrammeur · pprogrammeur · prgorammeur · progarmmeur · proggrammeur · programemur · programeur · programmeru
- programmeurs ← porgrammeurs · pprogrammeurs · prgorammeurs · progarmmeurs · proggrammeurs · programemurs · programeurs · programmerus
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "programmeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "programmeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "programmeur" and "programmeurs" 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 #97,107 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.