# utopia

> English word · Noun · IPA /juːˈtəʊ.pi.ə/ · frequency rank #17,514

## Definitions
1. A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **utopian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/utopia-vs-utopian)

## Common misspellings (7)
`tuopia`, `uotpia`, `utoipa`, `utopai`, `utoppia`, `utpoia`, `uttopia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/utopia