# projector

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktə/ · frequency rank #17,004

## Definitions
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.
4. One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.
5. An operator that forms a projection.

## Etymology
Partly from Latin projector (“person who throws away”); partly directly from project + -or.

## Easily confused with
- **projects** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/projector-vs-projects)
- **protector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/projector-vs-protector)
- **prosecutor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/projector-vs-prosecutor)
- **prospector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/projector-vs-prospector)
- **project** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/project-vs-projector)
- **proctor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proctor-vs-projector)
- **projected** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/projected-vs-projector)
- **projection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/projection-vs-projector)

## Common misspellings (14)
`porjector`, `pprojector`, `prjoector`, `proejctor`, `projcetor`, `projecctor`, `projecotr`, `projectorr`, `projectro`, `projecttor`, `projetcor`, `projjector`, `prrojector`, `rpojector`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/projector