FOMO
/ˈfoʊmoʊ/noun, verb
FOMO is spelled F-O-M-O: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, FOMO means “Acronym of fear of missing out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in FOMO?
| Letters | 4: F-O-M-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is FOMO?
FOMO appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th 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 FOMO?
- US /ˈfoʊmoʊ/
- UK /ˈfəʊməʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-FOMO.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with FOMO?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as FOMO from its last stressed vowel (/oʊmoʊ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of FOMO
- FoMO
- FOMOs present, singular, he/she/it
- FOMOing participle, present
- FOMO-ing participle, present
- FOMOed participle, past
- FOMO'd participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does FOMO mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Acronym of fear of missing out.
verb
- 1
To experience FOMO (“the fear of missing out”); to act on one's FOMO, often impulsively [(often) with into].
noun
- 1
Alternative form of FOMO.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does FOMO come from?
Coined c. 2004 in the US by Patrick James McGinnis, in the same article as FOBO.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).