Projektion
[pʁojɛkˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Projektion” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #19,351 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,351
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - meist vergrößerte Abbildung eines Bildes, oft auf eine Leinwand
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Projektion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁojɛkˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #19,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Projektion” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Projektion is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁojɛkˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,351 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Projektion, with forms such as "porjektion", "pprojektion", and "prjoektion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Projektor", "protection", "Projektionen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Projektion, spelled P-R-O-J-E-K-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1meist vergrößerte Abbildung eines Bildes, oft auf eine Leinwand
- 2Darstellung auf einer Fläche
- 3gedankliches Bilden einer Vorstellung, Erwartung, Illusion auch eigener Gefühle und Wünsche,.. auf Situationen, Umgebungen, andere Personen,…
- 4Abschätzen/Vorhersagen zukünftiger Entwicklungen meist basierend auf aktuellen oder vergangenen Daten, Trends oder Mustern, beispielsweise der Prognose von Finanzkennzahlen oder von Wahlausgängen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porjektion,pprojektion,prjoektion,proejktion,projekiton,projekktion,projektino,projektionn,projektoin,projekttion,projetkion,projjektion,projketion,prrojektion,rpojektion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Projektion - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Projektion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-O-J-E-K-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pʁojɛkˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Projektor” - see the side-by-side comparison. Projektion vs Projektor
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.