“Programs” or “Programmes”

Language

Programs and programmes are both English terms.

Usage

Programs is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while programmes is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
programs	100	50	88	99	97	93	100	47	55	75	72	74
programmes	0	50	12	1	3	7	0	53	45	25	28	26

• In the United States, there is a preference for "programs" over "programmes" (100 to 0).
• In United Kingdom, there is no clear preference between "programs" and "programmes", with usage levels of 50 vs. 50.
• In India, there is a preference for "programs" over "programmes" (88 to 12).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "programs" over "programmes" (99 to 1).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "programs" over "programmes" (97 to 3).
• In Australia, there is a preference for "programs" over "programmes" (93 to 7).
• In Liberia, there is a preference for "programs" over "programmes" (100 to 0).
• In Ireland, there is a 53 to 47 preference for "programmes" over "programs".
• In New Zealand, there is a preference for "programs" over "programmes" (55 to 45).
• In Jamaica, there is a preference for "programs" over "programmes" (75 to 25).
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "programs" over "programmes" (72 to 28).
• In Guyana, there is a preference for "programs" over "programmes" (74 to 26).

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use programs or programmes with sample sentences.

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