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project

proj·ect, pro·jectUK /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/noun, verb

project is spelled P-R-O-J-E-C-T: 7 letters and 3 syllables (proj·ect, pro·ject). It appears 166 times per million words in written English, the 611th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, project means “A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of project is projects.

How many letters and syllables are in project?

Letters7: P-R-O-J-E-C-T
Syllables3: proj·ect, pro·ject
In writing166 times per million words; the 611th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is project?

Project appears 166 times per million words in written English, the 611th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce project?

  • UK /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/
  • UK /ˈpɹəʊ.dʒɛkt/
  • Australia /ˈpɹɐʊ.d͡ʒekt/

As a verb (“To extend beyond a surface”): /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒekt/.

Project has 3 syllables, split proj·ect, pro·ject in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-project-noun.ogg, En-us-project.ogg, En-ca-project-verb.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with project?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as project from its last stressed vowel (/ɛkt/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of project

  • projects plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • projecting participle, present
  • projected participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does project mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

    The proposal with China would involve a project to create artificial rain.

  2. 2

    USAn urban, low-income housing building.

    Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished.

  3. 3

    datedAn idle scheme; an impracticable design.

    a man given to projects

  4. 4

    USA raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough.

  5. 5

    obsoleteA projectile.

  6. 6

    obsoleteA projection.

verb

  1. 1

    To extend beyond a surface.

  2. 2

    To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.

  3. 3

    To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.

  4. 4

    To make plans for; to forecast.

    The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.

  5. 5

    To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.

  6. 6

    To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.

  7. 7

    To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.

  8. 8

    To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate project?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of project: proj..

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Project in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchprojet (planned endeavor), projeter (to cast (image, shadow))
GermanProjekt (planned endeavor), ragen, hervorragen, herausragen, vorspringen, vorstehen (to extend beyond a surface)
Portugueseprojeto (planned endeavor), projetar (to cast (image, shadow))
Spanishproyecto (planned endeavor), proyectar (to extend beyond a surface)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does project come from?

From Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”). Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ), прики́дка (prikídka) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)); набро́сок (nabrósok) (akin to броса́ть (brosátʹ)).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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