projector
/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/noun
projector is spelled P-R-O-J-E-C-T-O-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, projector means “Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of projector is projectors.
How many letters and syllables are in projector?
| Letters | 9: P-R-O-J-E-C-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is projector?
Projector appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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 projector?
- UK /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktə/
- US /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/
- Australia /pɹəˈd͡ʒektə/
Projector 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)-Vininn126-projector.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with projector?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as projector from its last stressed vowel (/ɛktəɹ/):
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 projector
- projectors plural
- projectour
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does projector mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.
- 2
An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.
- 3
That which projects or launches something.
a depth charge projector
- 4
One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.
- 5
An operator that forms a projection.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Projector in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense optical device:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | projecteur |
| German | Projektor, Bildwerfer |
| Portuguese | projetor, projector |
| Spanish | proyector, proyectora |
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 projector come from?
Partly from Latin projector (“person who throws away”); partly directly from project + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).