utopia
u·to·pi·a/juˈtoʊ.pi.ə/noun
utopia is spelled U-T-O-P-I-A: 6 letters and 4 syllables (u·to·pi·a). It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, utopia means “A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of utopia is utopias or utopiae.
How many letters and syllables are in utopia?
| Letters | 6: U-T-O-P-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: u·to·pi·a |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,342nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 utopia?
Utopia appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd 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 utopia?
- UK /juːˈtəʊ.pi.ə/
- US /juˈtoʊ.pi.ə/
Utopia has 4 syllables, split u·to·pi·a in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-utopia.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Utopia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with utopia
Sounds like: eutopia (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with utopia?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as utopia from its last stressed vowel (/oʊpiə/):
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 utopia
- utopias plural
- utopiae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does utopia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of utopia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Utopia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense world in perfect harmony:
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 utopia come from?
From New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía). Compare English topos and -ia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).