projectsvsProjektsWhich spelling fits?

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

#47,656
“projects” frequency rank
#7,975
“Projekts” frequency rank
55631
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature projects Projekts
Definition Plural des Substantivs project Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Projekt

Letter map: projects vs Projekts

Shared letters muted; letters that set projects and Projekts apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

8 ch
projects
8 ch
Projekts

Spelling & dictionary notes on projects vs Projekts

projects and Projekts 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 “projects” becomes k in “Projekts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

projects is recorded at frequency rank #47,656, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Projekts is at rank #7,975, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pʁoˈjɛkt͡s].

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 55631, this pair ranks #972,054 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of projects vs Projekts

Shared letters: ejoprst. Private to "projects": c. Private to "Projekts": k.

"projects" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCC  ·  "Projekts" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • projectsporjects · pprojects · prjoects · proejcts · projcets · projeccts · projecst · projectss
  • Projektsporjekts · pprojekts · prjoekts · proejkts · projekkts · projekst · projektss · projektts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "projects" for "Projekts" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - c in “projects” becomes k in “Projekts”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "projects" or "Projekts"?
"Projekts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,975 in our German list, against #47,656 for "projects". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "projects" vs "Projekts" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "projects" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Projekts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #972,054 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "projects" and "Projekts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "projects 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 #972,054 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