projection
\pʁo.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“projection” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,645 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,645
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de projeter.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | projection |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁo.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “projection” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for projection is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁo.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,645 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for projection, with forms such as "porjection", "pprojection", and "prjoection". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "protection", "projections", "protections", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is projection, spelled P-R-O-J-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de projeter.
- 2Ce corps projeté en mouvement.
- 3Amas de roches projetées par une éruption volcanique.
- 4Action de projeter de la lumière ou des images lumineuses.
- 5Image d’un objet, d’un portrait, d’une scène, d’un paysage, etc., projetée par un appareil d’optique, par une lanterne sur un écran.
- 6Séance durant laquelle un film est montré.
- 7Acheminement, par voie aérienne, maritime ou terrestre, d’une force militaire loin de son lieu habituel de stationnement.
- 8Opération qui fournit une partie de table, donc un sous-ensemble en retirant des attributs (des colonnes), parfois selon ceux d’une autre table.
- 9: Image unique d’un élément sur un ensemble.
- 10Image obtenue par un vecteur.
- 11Image obtenue parallèlement à une direction donnée.
- 12Mécanisme de défense psychique par lequel un sujet rejette des pulsions, des pensées, voire des désirs sur un autre, refusant d’admettre ceux-ci comme siens.
- 13Représentation de la sphère ou de tel autre corps solide, projetée verticalement sur un plan, d’après certaines règles géométriques.
- 14Correspondance mathématique continue, généralement biunivoque, entre les points d'un ellipsoïde de référence, ou d'une partie de cet ellipsoïde, et les points d'un plan (ou éventuellement d'une autre surface), utilisée pour la réalisation de cartes de la surface de la Terre ou d'un autre corps céleste, celle-ci étant supposée projeter sur un ellipsoïde de référence suivant les normales à ce dernier.
- 15Représentation graphique globale ou partielle, en deux ou trois dimensions, de la configuration de la Terre, d'un autre corps céleste ou du ciel, et des phénomènes qui s'y rapportent.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porjection,pprojection,prjoection,proejction,projcetion,projecction,projeciton,projectino,projectionn,projectoin,projecttion,projetcion,projjection,prrojection,rpojection
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of projection - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “projection”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-O-J-E-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁo.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “protection” - see the side-by-side comparison. projection vs protection
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.