projectvsprojetsWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“project” and “projets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,840
“project” frequency rank
#1,009
“projets” frequency rank
13849
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature project projets
Definition Projet. Pluriel de projet.

Where the eye mixes project and projets

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
project
7 ch
projets

Visual trap between project and projets

A purely visual mix-up. project (\ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt\) and projets (\pʁɔ.ʒɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13849, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

project is recorded at frequency rank #12,840, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt\. projets is at rank #1,009, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.ʒɛ\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 13849, this pair ranks #399,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of project vs projets

Shared letters: ejoprt. Private to "project": c. Private to "projets": s.

"project" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC  ·  "projets" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • projectporject · pproject · prjoect · proejct · projcet · projecct · projectt · projetc
  • projetsporjets · pprojets · prjoets · proejts · projest · projetss · projetts · projjets

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "project" for "projets" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt\ versus \pʁɔ.ʒɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "project" or "projets"?
"projets" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,009 in our French list, against #12,840 for "project". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "project" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "projets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #399,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "project" and "projets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "project vs protect". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #399,295 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list