suburbia
sub·urb·ia/səˈbɝbi.ə/noun
suburbia is spelled S-U-B-U-R-B-I-A: 8 letters and 3 syllables (sub·urb·ia). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, suburbia means “The suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to them; (sometimes derogatory) the suburbs as encapsulated or represented by the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of suburbia is suburbias.
How many letters and syllables are in suburbia?
| Letters | 8: S-U-B-U-R-B-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: sub·urb·ia |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th 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 suburbia?
Suburbia appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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 suburbia?
- UK /səˈbɜːbi.ə/
- US /səˈbɝbi.ə/
Suburbia has 3 syllables, split sub·urb·ia in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-suburbia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of suburbia
- suburbias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does suburbia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to them; (sometimes derogatory) the suburbs as encapsulated or represented by the typical characteristics or qualities of the people living there, especially complacency, conformity, conservativeness, dullness, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does suburbia come from?
From suburb + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns, the names of collections of things, etc.), perhaps modelled after Latin suburbia (“suburbs”), the plural of suburbium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).