a memory device, and

a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations comprising:

receiving a program command specifying new data to be programmed to the memory device;

partitioning the new data into a plurality of data partitions;

for a specified block of the memory device, identifying a wordline addressing a first set of memory cells to be programmed with a data partition of the plurality of data partitions;

reading existing data stored by a second set of memory cells, wherein the second set of memory cells is addressable by an adjacent wordline of the identified wordline;

for each data partition of the plurality of data partitions and based on the existing data, producing a plurality of expected data state metrics by determining a respective expected data state metric exhibited by the first set of memory cells of the identified wordline if the first set of memory cells is programmed with the data partition;

identifying a data partition associated with a lowest expected data state metric among the plurality of expected data state metrics; and

programming the identified data partition to the identified wordline.