project-manager

noun

"project-manager" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“project-manager” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rare form of project manager.

Corpus desk

Index EN-project-manager · project-manager · English

project-manager · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for project-manager
PropertyValue
Headwordproject-manager
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “project-manager” in English

project-managerfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

project-manager is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rare form of project manager.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for project-manager, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is project-manager, spelled P-R-O-J-E-C-T---M-A-N-A-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rare form of project manager.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how project-manager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Along with the appropriation for the purchase of the land, an additional appropriation was made to employ a Negro project-manager with a staff of 17 assistants to direct the activities of the demonstration.
  2. Kent R. Kern, acting project-manager, said Saturday that about 74 per cent of the excavation work and about 15 per cent of the foundation had been completed.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "project-manager"?
"project-manager" is spelled P-R-O-J-E-C-T---M-A-N-A-G-E-R.
What does "project-manager" mean?
As a noun, "project-manager" means: Rare form of project manager.
What language does "project-manager" come from?
"project-manager" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list