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futurama

/ˌfjuːt͡ʃəˈɹɑːmə/noun

futurama is spelled F-U-T-U-R-A-M-A: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, futurama means “A palpable depiction of a (usually sensational) vision of the future” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of futurama is futuramas.

How many letters and syllables are in futurama?

Letters8: F-U-T-U-R-A-M-A
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is futurama?

Futurama appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th 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 futurama?

  • /ˌfjuːt͡ʃəˈɹɑːmə/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of futurama

  • futuramas plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does futurama mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A palpable depiction of a (usually sensational) vision of the future.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does futurama come from?

A generalised application of Futurama, the name of an exhibit-cum-ride at the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair that presented a possible model of the world twenty years thence (1959–60). The name of the exhibit derives from the English word future and the suffix -rama, meaning "a wide view of", which ultimately comes from the Ancient Greek word ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “a sight”, “a spectacle”, “a speculation”) – as in panorama or diorama.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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