projectvsProjektWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“project” and “Projekt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,153
“project” frequency rank
#939
“Projekt” frequency rank
11092
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature project Projekt
Definition Projekt geplantes und durchdachtes Vorhaben von besonderem Umfang und mit einem bestimmten Ziel

Letter map: project vs Projekt

Shared letters muted; letters that set project and Projekt apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. project and Projekt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
project
7 ch
Projekt

Pair insight - project / Projekt

project and Projekt are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - c in “project” becomes k in “Projekt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

project is recorded at frequency rank #10,153, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Projekt is at rank #939, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pʁoˈjɛkt].

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 11092, this pair ranks #1,971,739 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of project vs Projekt

Shared letters: ejoprt. Private to "project": c. Private to "Projekt": k.

"project" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC  ·  "Projekt" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • project ← porject · pproject · prjoect · proejct · projcet · projecct · projectt · projetc
  • Projekt ← porjekt · pprojekt · prjoekt · proejkt · projekkt · projektt · projetk · projjekt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "project" for "Projekt" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - c in “project” becomes k in “Projekt”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "project" or "Projekt" show up more?
"Projekt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #939 in our German list, against #10,153 for "project". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "project" vs "Projekt" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "project" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Projekt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,971,739 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "project" and "Projekt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "project vs puzzles". 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 #1,971,739 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list