tourism
/ˈtʊəɹɪzəm/noun
tourism is spelled T-O-U-R-I-S-M: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tourism means “The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tourism is tourisms.
How many letters and syllables are in tourism?
| Letters | 7: T-O-U-R-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 19 times per million words; the 4,444th 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 tourism?
Tourism appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th 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 tourism?
- UK /ˈtʊəɹɪzəm/
- UK /ˈtɔːɹɪzəm/
- British /ˈtoːɹɪzəm/
Tourism 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-tourism.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-tourism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tourism
- tourisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tourism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home.
Mass tourism damaged the beach.
- 2
The industry in which such travels and sightseeing are organized.
Tourism brings a lot of tax revenue to the area.
- 3
The act of visiting another region or jurisdiction for a particular purpose.
libel tourism; suicide tourism; sex tourism
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tourism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tourisme |
| German | Tourismus , Tourismusindustrie, Tourismusbranche , Fremdenverkehr, Reiseverkehr , -tourismus |
| Portuguese | turismo |
| Spanish | turismo |
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.