projection
/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/noun
projection is spelled P-R-O-J-E-C-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, projection means “Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of projection is projections.
How many letters and syllables are in projection?
| Letters | 10: P-R-O-J-E-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is projection?
Projection appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th 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 projection?
- /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
Projection has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-projection.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of projection
- projections plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does projection mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
The face of the cliff had many projections that were big enough for birds to nest on.
- 2
The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
- 3
archaicThe crisis or decisive point of any process, especially a culinary process.
- 4
The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
- 5
A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation.
- 6
A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences to one's own, including making accusations that would more fittingly apply to the accuser.
- 7
The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
- 8
Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Projection in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | saillie , projection |
| German | Vorsprung, Auskragung , Prognose , Projizieren, Projektion |
| Portuguese | projeção |
| Spanish | protuberancia , proyección |
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 projection come from?
From either the Middle French projection or its etymon, the Classical Latin prōiectiō (stem: prōiectiōn-), from prōiciō, equivalent to project + -ion. Compare the Modern French projection, the German Projektion, and the Italian proiezione.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).