simulacrum
sim·u·la·crum/ˌsɪmjəˈleɪkɹəm/noun
simulacrum is spelled S-I-M-U-L-A-C-R-U-M: 10 letters and 4 syllables (sim·u·la·crum). It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, simulacrum means “A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of simulacrum is simulacra or simulacrums.
How many letters and syllables are in simulacrum?
| Letters | 10: S-I-M-U-L-A-C-R-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: sim·u·la·crum |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 81,375th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 simulacrum?
Simulacrum appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th 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 simulacrum?
- UK /ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪkɹəm/
- US /ˌsɪmjəˈleɪkɹəm/
Simulacrum has 4 syllables, split sim·u·la·crum in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-simulacrum.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of simulacrum
- simulacra plural
- simulacrums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does simulacrum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.
a simulacrum of a New York studio apartment
- 2
A thing which has the appearance or form of another thing, but not its true qualities; a thing which simulates another thing; an imitation; a semblance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Simulacrum in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing:
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 simulacrum come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin simulācrum (“image, likeness”), from simul(ā) + -crum (a variant of -culum, from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, a suffix forming instrument nouns), from similis (“similar (to)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; together”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).