cyberspace
/ˈsaɪ.bəɹˌspeɪs/noun
cyberspace is spelled C-Y-B-E-R-S-P-A-C-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cyberspace means “A world of information accessed through the Internet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cyberspace is cyberspaces.
How many letters and syllables are in cyberspace?
| Letters | 10: C-Y-B-E-R-S-P-A-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is cyberspace?
Cyberspace appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th 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 cyberspace?
- UK /ˈsaɪ.bəˌspeɪs/
- US /ˈsaɪ.bəɹˌspeɪs/
Cyberspace 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)-Vealhurl-cyberspace.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cyberspace
- cyberspaces plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cyberspace mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A world of information accessed through the Internet.
- 2
datedThe Internet as a whole.
- 3
A three-dimensional representation of virtual space in a computer network.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cyberspace in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense world of information:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cyberespace |
| German | Cyberspace |
| Portuguese | ciberespaço |
| Spanish | ciberespacio |
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 cyberspace come from?
Blend of cybernetics + space, equivalent to cyber- + space, coined by American-Canadian speculative fiction writer William Gibson in his short story collection Burning Chrome (1982) and popularized in his novel Neuromancer (1984).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).