How To Pronounce Project

The stress in project moves depending on how the word is used.

Noun. It is /ˈprɒdʒ.ekt/ in British English and /ˈprɑː.dʒekt/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “a project”.

Verb. It is /prəˈdʒekt/ in British English and /prəˈdʒekt/ in American English with the main stress on the second syllable, as in “to project”.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.