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The identity of the longest word in English depends on the definition of a word and of length.

Words may be derived naturally from the language’s roots or formed by coinage and construction. Additionally, comparisons are complicated because place names may be considered words, technical terms may be arbitrarily long, and the addition of suffixes and prefixes may extend the length of words to create grammatically correct but unused or novel words.

The length of a word may also be understood in multiple ways. Most commonly, length is based on orthography (conventional spelling rules) and counting the number of written letters. Alternate, but less common, approaches include phonology (the spoken language) and the number of phonemes (sounds).

Word Letters Meaning Claim Dispute
methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl…isoleucine 189,819 The chemical composition of titin, the largest known protein Longest known word overall by magnitudes. Attempts to say the entire word have taken two[1] to three and a half hours.[2] Technical; not in dictionary; whether this should actually be considered a word is disputed
methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamyl…serine 1,909 The chemical name of E. coli TrpA (P0A877) Longest published word[3] Technical
lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano…pterygon 183 A fictional dish of food Longest word coined by a major author,[4] the longest word ever to appear in literature[5] Contrived nonce word; not in dictionary; Ancient Greek transliteration
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 45 The disease silicosis Longest word in a major dictionary[6] Contrived coinage to make it the longest word; technical, but only mentioned and never actually used in communication
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 34 Unclear in source work, has been cited as a nonsense word Made popular in the Mary Poppins film and musical[7] Contrived coinage
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism 30 A hereditary medical disorder Longest non-contrived word in a major dictionary[8] Technical
antidisestablishmentarianism 28 The political position of opposing disestablishment Longest non-contrived and nontechnical word[9] Not all dictionaries accept it due to lack of usage.[10]
honorificabilitudinitatibus 27 The state of being able to achieve honors Longest word in Shakespeare’s works; longest word in the English language featuring alternating consonants and vowels[11] Latin

Major dictionaries

The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters), a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles,[12] specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis. The word was deliberately coined to be the longest word in English, and has since been used[citation needed] in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.[6]

The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary does not contain antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters), as the editors found no widespread, sustained usage of the word in its original meaning. The longest word in that dictionary is electroencephalographically (27 letters).[13]

The longest non-technical word in major dictionaries is flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin words meaning «nothing» and defined as «the act of estimating something as worthless»; its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741.[14][15][16]

Ross Eckler has noted that most of the longest English words are not likely to occur in general text, meaning non-technical present-day text seen by casual readers, in which the author did not specifically intend to use an unusually long word. According to Eckler, the longest words likely to be encountered in general text are deinstitutionalization and counterrevolutionaries, with 22 letters each.[17]

A computer study of over a million samples of normal English prose found that the longest word one is likely to encounter on an everyday basis is uncharacteristically, at 20 letters.[18]

The word internationalization is abbreviated «i18n», the embedded number representing the number of letters between the first and the last.[19][20][21]

Creations of long words

Coinages

In his play Assemblywomen (Ecclesiazousae), the ancient Greek comedic playwright Aristophanes created a word of 171 letters (183 in the transliteration below), which describes a dish by stringing together its ingredients:

Henry Carey’s farce Chrononhotonthologos (1743) holds the opening line: «Aldiborontiphoscophornio! Where left you Chrononhotonthologos?»

Thomas Love Peacock put these creations into the mouth of the phrenologist Mr. Cranium in his 1816 book Headlong Hall: osteosarchaematosplanchnochondroneuromuelous (44 characters) and osseocarnisanguineoviscericartilaginonervomedullary (51 characters).

James Joyce made up nine 100-letter words plus one 101-letter word in his novel Finnegans Wake, the most famous of which is Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk. Appearing on the first page, it allegedly represents the symbolic thunderclap associated with the fall of Adam and Eve. As it appears nowhere else except in reference to this passage, it is generally not accepted as a real word. Sylvia Plath made mention of it in her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar, when the protagonist was reading Finnegans Wake.

«Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious», the 34-letter title of a song from the movie Mary Poppins, does appear in several dictionaries, but only as a proper noun defined in reference to the song title. The attributed meaning is «a word that you say when you don’t know what to say.» The idea and invention of the word is credited to songwriters Robert and Richard Sherman.

Agglutinative constructions

The English language permits the legitimate extension of existing words to serve new purposes by the addition of prefixes and suffixes. This is sometimes referred to as agglutinative construction. This process can create arbitrarily long words: for example, the prefixes pseudo (false, spurious) and anti (against, opposed to) can be added as many times as desired. More familiarly, the addition of numerous «great»s to a relative, such as «great-great-great-great-grandparent», can produce words of arbitrary length. In musical notation, an 8192nd note may be called a semihemidemisemihemidemisemihemidemisemiquaver.

Antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest common example of a word formed by agglutinative construction.

Technical terms

A number of scientific naming schemes can be used to generate arbitrarily long words.

The IUPAC nomenclature for organic chemical compounds is open-ended, giving rise to the 189,819-letter chemical name Methionylthreonylthreonyl…isoleucine for the protein also known as titin, which is involved in striated muscle formation. In nature, DNA molecules can be much bigger than protein molecules and therefore potentially be referred to with much longer chemical names. For example, the wheat chromosome 3B contains almost 1 billion base pairs,[22] so the sequence of one of its strands, if written out in full like Adenilyladenilylguanilylcystidylthymidyl…, would be about 8 billion letters long. The longest published word, Acetylseryltyrosylseryliso…serine, referring to the coat protein of a certain strain of tobacco mosaic virus (P03575), is 1,185 letters long, and appeared in the American Chemical Society’s Chemical Abstracts Service in 1964 and 1966.[23] In 1965, the Chemical Abstracts Service overhauled its naming system and started discouraging excessively long names. In 2011, a dictionary broke this record with a 1909-letter word describing the trpA protein (P0A877).[3]

John Horton Conway and Landon Curt Noll developed an open-ended system for naming powers of 10, in which one sexmilliaquingentsexagintillion, coming from the Latin name for 6560, is the name for 103(6560+1) = 1019683. Under the long number scale, it would be 106(6560) = 1039360.

Gammaracanthuskytodermogammarus loricatobaicalensis is sometimes cited as the longest binomial name—it is a kind of amphipod. However, this name, proposed by B. Dybowski, was invalidated by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature in 1929 after being petitioned by Mary J. Rathbun to take up the case.[24]

Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis is the longest accepted binomial name for an organism. It is a bacterium found in soil collected at Llan­fair­pwll­gwyn­gyll­ (discussed below). Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides is the longest accepted binomial name for any animal, or any organism visible with the naked eye. It is a species of soldier fly.[25] The genus name Parapropalaehoplophorus (a fossil glyptodont, an extinct family of mammals related to armadillos) is two letters longer, but does not contain a similarly long species name.

Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic, at 52 letters, describing the spa waters at Bath, England, is attributed to Dr. Edward Strother (1675–1737).[26] The word is composed of the following elements:

  • Aequeo: equal (Latin, aequo[27])
  • Salino: containing salt (Latin, salinus)
  • Calcalino: calcium (Latin, calx)
  • Ceraceo: waxy (Latin, cera)
  • Aluminoso: alumina (Latin)
  • Cupreo: from «copper»
  • Vitriolic: resembling vitriol

Notable long words

Place names

The longest officially recognized place name in an English-speaking country is Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu (85 letters), which is a hill in New Zealand. The name is in the Māori language. A widely recognized version of the name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu (85 letters), which appears on the signpost at the location (see the photo on this page). In Māori, the digraphs ng and wh are each treated as single letters.

In Canada, the longest place name is Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, a township in Ontario, at 61 letters or 68 non-space characters.[28]

The 58-letter name Llan­fair­pwll­gwyn­gyll­gogery­chwyrn­drob­wlll­lanty­silio­gogo­goch is the name of a town on Anglesey, an island of Wales. In terms of the traditional Welsh alphabet, the name is only 51 letters long, as certain digraphs in Welsh are considered as single letters, for instance ll, ng and ch. It is generally agreed, however, that this invented name, adopted in the mid-19th century, was contrived solely to be the longest name of any town in Britain. The official name of the place is Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, commonly abbreviated to Llanfairpwll or Llanfair PG.

The longest non-contrived place name in the United Kingdom which is a single non-hyphenated word is Cottonshopeburnfoot (19 letters) and the longest which is hyphenated is Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe (29 characters).

The longest place name in the United States (45 letters) is Char­gogga­gogg­man­chau­ggagogg­chau­buna­gunga­maugg, a lake in Webster, Massachusetts. It means «Fishing Place at the Boundaries – Neutral Meeting Grounds» and is sometimes facetiously translated as «you fish your side of the water, I fish my side of the water, nobody fishes the middle». The lake is also known as Webster Lake.[29] The longest hyphenated names in the U.S. are Winchester-on-the-Severn, a town in Maryland, and Washington-on-the-Brazos, a notable place in Texas history. The longest single-word town names in the U.S. are Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania and Mooselookmeguntic, Maine.

The longest official geographical name in Australia is Ma­mungku­kumpu­rang­kunt­junya.[30] It has 26 letters and is a Pitjantjatjara word meaning «where the Devil urinates».[31]

Liechtenstein is the longest country name with single name in English. The second longest country name with single name in English is Turkmenistan. There are longer country names if one includes ones with spaces.

Personal names

Guinness World Records formerly contained a category for longest personal name used.

  • From about 1975 to 1985, the recordholder was Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfe­schlegelstein­hausenberger­dorffvoraltern­waren­gewissenhaft­schaferswessen­schafewaren­wohlgepflege­und­sorgfaltigkeit­beschutzen­von­angreifen­durch­ihrraubgierigfeinde­welche­voraltern­zwolftausend­jahres­vorandieerscheinen­wander­ersteer­dem­enschderraumschiff­gebrauchlicht­als­sein­ursprung­von­kraftgestart­sein­lange­fahrt­hinzwischen­sternartigraum­auf­der­suchenach­diestern­welche­gehabt­bewohnbar­planeten­kreise­drehen­sich­und­wohin­der­neurasse­von­verstandigmen­schlichkeit­konnte­fortplanzen­und­sicher­freuen­anlebens­langlich­freude­und­ruhe­mit­nicht­ein­furcht­vor­angreifen­von­anderer­intelligent­geschopfs­von­hinzwischen­sternartigraum, Senior (746 letters), also known as Wolfe+585, Senior.
  • After 1985 Guinness briefly awarded the record to a newborn girl with a longer name. The category was removed shortly afterward.

Long birth names are often coined in protest of naming laws or for other personal reasons.

  • The naming law in Sweden was challenged by parents Lasse Diding and Elisabeth Hallin, who proposed the given name «Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116» for their child (pronounced [ˈǎlːbɪn], 43 characters), which was rejected by a district court in Halmstad, southern Sweden.

Words with certain characteristics of notable length

  • Schmaltzed and strengthed (10 letters) appear to be the longest monosyllabic words recorded in The Oxford English Dictionary, while scraunched and scroonched appear to be the longest monosyllabic words recorded in Webster’s Third New International Dictionary; but squirrelled (11 letters) is the longest if pronounced as one syllable only (as permitted in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary at squirrel, and in Longman Pronunciation Dictionary). Schtroumpfed (12 letters) was coined by Umberto Eco, while broughammed (11 letters) was coined by William Harmon after broughamed (10 letters) was coined by George Bernard Shaw.
  • Strengths is the longest word in the English language containing only one vowel letter.[32]
  • Euouae, a medieval musical term, is the longest English word consisting only of vowels, and the word with the most consecutive vowels. However, the «word» itself is simply a mnemonic consisting of the vowels to be sung in the phrase «seculorum Amen» at the end of the lesser doxology. (Although u was often used interchangeably with v, and the variant «Evovae» is occasionally used, the v in these cases would still be a vowel.)
  • The longest words with no repeated letters are dermatoglyphics and uncopyrightable.[33]
  • The longest word whose letters are in alphabetical order is the eight-letter Aegilops, a grass genus. However, this is arguably a proper noun. There are several six-letter English words with their letters in alphabetical order, including abhors, almost, begins, biopsy, chimps and chintz.[34] There are few 7-letter words, such as «billowy» and «beefily». The longest words whose letters are in reverse alphabetical order are sponged, wronged and trollied.
  • The longest words recorded in OED with each vowel only once, and in order, are abstemiously, affectiously, and tragediously (OED). Fracedinously and gravedinously (constructed from adjectives in OED) have thirteen letters; Gadspreciously, constructed from Gadsprecious (in OED), has fourteen letters. Facetiously is among the few other words directly attested in OED with single occurrences of all six vowels (counting y as a vowel).
  • The longest single palindromic word in English is rotavator, another name for a rotary tiller for breaking and aerating soil.

Typed words

  • The longest words typable with only the left hand using conventional hand placement on a QWERTY keyboard are tesseradecades, aftercataracts, dereverberated, dereverberates[35] and the more common but sometimes hyphenated sweaterdresses.[34] Using the right hand alone, the longest word that can be typed is johnny-jump-up, or, excluding hyphens, monimolimnion[36] and phyllophyllin.
  • The longest English word typable using only the top row of letters has 11 letters: rupturewort. The word teetertotter (used in North American English) is longer at 12 letters, although it is usually spelled with a hyphen.
  • The longest using only the middle row is shakalshas (10 letters). Nine-letter words include flagfalls; eight-letter words include galahads and alfalfas.
  • Since the bottom row contains no vowels, no standard words can be formed. [37]
  • The longest words typable by alternating left and right hands are antiskepticism and leucocytozoans respectively.[34]
  • On a Dvorak keyboard, the longest «left-handed» words are epopoeia, jipijapa, peekapoo, and quiaquia.[38] Other such long words are papaya, Kikuyu, opaque, and upkeep.[39] Kikuyu is typed entirely with the index finger, and so the longest one-fingered word on the Dvorak keyboard. There are no vowels on the right-hand side, and so the longest «right-handed» word is crwths.

See also

  • Lipogram
  • List of long species names
  • List of the longest English words with one syllable
  • Longest English sentence
  • Longest word in French
  • Longest word in Romanian
  • Longest word in Spanish
  • Longest word in Turkish
  • Number of words in English
  • Scriptio continua
  • Sesquipedalianism
  • Donau­dampf­schiffahrts­elektrizitäten­haupt­betriebs­werk­bau­unter­beamten­gesellschaft, longest published word in German

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The most important dictionaries One of the longest words in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (also known as silicosis), which refers to a lung disease caused by the inhalation of extremely fine silica particles, specifically those released by a volcano; it is the same as silicosis in medical terms.

Contents

  • 1 What is the longest English word and its definition?
  • 2 How do you say the longest word in English language?
  • 3 What is the longest meaningful word in English?
  • 4 What is the longest word in English that is pronounceable?
  • 5 How do you pronounce the longest word?
  • 6 What is the Hardest Word to define?
  • 7 What is the longest word 189 819?
  • 8 What is longest word in English?
  • 9 What is the full word of Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl?
  • 10 Is there a word longer than Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
  • 11 What word takes 3 hours to say full word?
  • 12 What word takes 3.5 hours to say?
  • 13 What is the shortest word?
  • 14 What is the oldest word in the world?
  • 15 What are some 10 letter words?
  • 16 What is the longest word with 1909 letters?
  • 17 How many 20 letter words are there?
  • 18 Who named titin?
  • 19 What are the D words?
  • 20 What’s the longest word in Japanese?
  • 21 What is the hardest word to say?

The following are the terms with the longest definitions in the dictionary: There are 28 letters written by antidisestablishmentarians who are opposed to the disestablishment of the Church of England. 29 letters – floccinaucinihilipilification – the evaluation of something as being worthless

How do you say the longest word in English language?

  1. Long-winded expressions are invented. Coinages. agglutinative constructions
  2. technical terms
  3. agglutinative constructions
  4. agglutinative constructions
  5. agglutinative constructions
  6. technical terms
  7. agglutinative constructions
  8. technical terms
  9. agglutinative constructions
  10. technical terms
  11. agglutinative constructions
  12. agglutinative constructions
  13. agglutinative constructions
  14. agglutinative constructions

What is the longest meaningful word in English?

  1. No 1,000-letter word exists in the English language
  2. no 999-letter word exists in the English language
  3. and no 998-letter term exists in the English language.

What is the longest word in English that is pronounceable?

What is the longest real-word acronym that is pronounceable? Quango? The FUNCINPEC political party in Cambodia was named after a French word, and it was active for a number of years. They were the ones who were kicked out of the party.

How do you pronounce the longest word?

In this video from LEARN IT WITH RADHIKA, you may learn how to correctly pronounce the world’s longest word, ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,’ which is the world’s longest word.

What is the Hardest Word to define?

″They’ve introduced new words to the dictionary—for example, non-binary was previously only a mathematical phrase,″ she explains. ″We have a different perspective on language (as a result of) this generation’s refusal to be anything other than themselves. Having the opportunity to restart and continue to explore those tales is really meaningful and thrilling to me.″

What is the longest word 189 819?

The word has a total of 189,819 letters. It’s really the name of a massive protein known as Titin, which means ″titan.″ Proteins are typically given names by combining the names of the chemicals that produce them. And, because Titin is the biggest protein ever identified, its name has to be at least as enormous as the protein itself.

What is longest word in English?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis This 45-letter term for a sickness, which appears in the Oxford English Dictionary, is the longest English word that has been defined in a major dictionary to this day. silicosis is a technical term that refers to a lung disease that is more commonly known as silicosis.

What is the full word of Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl?

LONGEST ENGLISH WORD: Methionylthreonylglutaminylarginylglutaminylarginylglutaminylarginyl…isoleucine is a kind of amino acid (189,819 letters) For those of you who are interested in chemistry, the longest chemical name is 189,819 letters in length.In chemistry, it is the term given to the gigantic filamentous protein titin, which is vital for the structure, growth, and flexibility of muscle.

Is there a word longer than Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

The following are the terms with the longest definitions in the dictionary: There are 28 letters written in opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, which is known as antidisestablishmentarianism.floccinaucinihilipilification is a 29-letter word that means ″to estimate something as being worthless.″ Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis – a fictitious lung illness of 45 letters – is defined as follows:

What word takes 3 hours to say full word?

Pneumonoultramicroscopi silicovolcanoconiosis is a kind of volcanoconiosis (45 letters)

What word takes 3.5 hours to say?

Three and a half hours is the correct answer! This is the chemical name for titin (also known as connectin), a protein found in humans. Titin is a massive protein that acts as a molecular spring in the muscle, which is responsible for the passive suppleness of the muscle fibers in the body.

What is the shortest word?

Eunoia is the shortest word in the English language, consisting of only six characters and including all five of the basic vowels.Adoulie, douleia, eucosia, eulogia, eunomia, eutopia, miaoued, moineau, sequoia, and suoidea are all seven-letter words that have this property.Other seven-letter words with this property include adoulie, douleia, eucosia, eulogia, eunomia, eutopia It is named after the genus of Cretaceous fossil sponges known by the scientific name iouea.)

What is the oldest word in the world?

Mother, bark, and spit are just three of the 23 words that academics estimate have been around for 15,000 years, making them the world’s oldest words ever discovered.

What are some 10 letter words?

  1. The Most Frequently Used Ten-Letter Words Strawberry
  2. sFriendship
  3. sEverything
  4. sAppreciate
  5. sMotivation

What is the longest word with 1909 letters?

Serine, a tryptophan synthetase protein, holds the record for the longest written word, with 1,909 characters in total.

How many 20 letter words are there?

There are 601 words in total. (0.271064 percent of the total number of terms in this word list)

Who named titin?

Using connectin as a model, Koscak Maruyama and colleagues discovered an elastic protein in muscle fiber in 1977 and named it connectin. Tuin was discovered two years later on an electrophoresis gel by Kuan Wang and colleagues, who recognized it as a doublet band matching to a high-molecular-weight, elastic protein they dubbed titin.

What are the D words?

  1. Investigate the Phrases dally, squander time.
  3. Dapperness is characterized by up-to-dateness in clothes and manners. Dauntlessness is the ability to resist fear or intimidation.
  4. Allowing one’s self to dally
  5. proceeding slowly
  6. Dearth is defined as an insufficient quantity or number
  7. Debacle is defined as a sudden and complete disaster
  8. Debilitate is defined as to make weak
  9. Debunk is defined as to expose while ridiculing
  10. Debilitate is defined as to make weak
  11. Debunk is defined as to expose while ridiculing
  12. Debilitate is defined as to make weak
  13. Debilitate is defined as to make weak.

What’s the longest word in Japanese?

″toragahitowokamoutosurutokinounarinow″ (toragahitowokamoutosurutokinounarinow) is a humorous phrase in Japanese. It is made up of 17 syllables and is made up of 37 letters in total. Because it is defined as ″the growl a tiger makes just before biting someone,″ it is a very strange phrase to hear.

What is the hardest word to say?

  1. The Most Difficult English Word To Pronounce Colonel
  2. Penguin
  3. Sixth
  4. Isthmus
  5. Anemone
  6. Squirrel
  7. Choir
  8. Worcestershire
  9. Colonel
  10. Penguin
  11. Sixth
  12. Isthmus
  13. Anemone
  14. Squirrel
  15. Choir
  16. Worcestershire

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The most important dictionaries One of the longest words in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (also known as silicosis), which refers to a lung disease caused by the inhalation of extremely fine silica particles, specifically those released by a volcano; it is the same as silicosis in medical terms.

The following are the terms with the longest definitions in the dictionary: There are 28 letters written by antidisestablishmentarians who are opposed to the disestablishment of the Church of England. 29 letters – floccinaucinihilipilification – the evaluation of something as being worthless

How do you say the longest word in English language?

  1. Long-winded expressions are invented. Coinages. agglutinative constructions
  2. technical terms
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What is the longest meaningful word in English?

  1. No 1,000-letter word exists in the English language
  2. no 999-letter word exists in the English language
  3. and no 998-letter term exists in the English language.

What is the longest word in English that is pronounceable?

What is the longest real-word acronym that is pronounceable? Quango? The FUNCINPEC political party in Cambodia was named after a French word, and it was active for a number of years. They were the ones who were kicked out of the party.

How do you pronounce the longest word?

In this video from LEARN IT WITH RADHIKA, you may learn how to correctly pronounce the world’s longest word, ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,’ which is the world’s longest word.

What is the Hardest Word to define?

″They’ve introduced new words to the dictionary—for example, non-binary was previously only a mathematical phrase,″ she explains. ″We have a different perspective on language (as a result of) this generation’s refusal to be anything other than themselves. Having the opportunity to restart and continue to explore those tales is really meaningful and thrilling to me.″

What is the longest word 189 819?

The word has a total of 189,819 letters. It’s really the name of a massive protein known as Titin, which means ″titan.″ Proteins are typically given names by combining the names of the chemicals that produce them. And, because Titin is the biggest protein ever identified, its name has to be at least as enormous as the protein itself.

What is longest word in English?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis This 45-letter term for a sickness, which appears in the Oxford English Dictionary, is the longest English word that has been defined in a major dictionary to this day. silicosis is a technical term that refers to a lung disease that is more commonly known as silicosis.

What is the full word of Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl?

LONGEST ENGLISH WORD: Methionylthreonylglutaminylarginylglutaminylarginylglutaminylarginyl…isoleucine is a kind of amino acid (189,819 letters) For those of you who are interested in chemistry, the longest chemical name is 189,819 letters in length.In chemistry, it is the term given to the gigantic filamentous protein titin, which is vital for the structure, growth, and flexibility of muscle.

Is there a word longer than Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

The following are the terms with the longest definitions in the dictionary: There are 28 letters written in opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, which is known as antidisestablishmentarianism.floccinaucinihilipilification is a 29-letter word that means ″to estimate something as being worthless.″ Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis – a fictitious lung illness of 45 letters – is defined as follows:

What word takes 3 hours to say full word?

Pneumonoultramicroscopi silicovolcanoconiosis is a kind of volcanoconiosis (45 letters)

What word takes 3.5 hours to say?

Three and a half hours is the correct answer! This is the chemical name for titin (also known as connectin), a protein found in humans. Titin is a massive protein that acts as a molecular spring in the muscle, which is responsible for the passive suppleness of the muscle fibers in the body.

What is the shortest word?

Eunoia is the shortest word in the English language, consisting of only six characters and including all five of the basic vowels.Adoulie, douleia, eucosia, eulogia, eunomia, eutopia, miaoued, moineau, sequoia, and suoidea are all seven-letter words that have this property.Other seven-letter words with this property include adoulie, douleia, eucosia, eulogia, eunomia, eutopia It is named after the genus of Cretaceous fossil sponges known by the scientific name iouea.)

What is the oldest word in the world?

Mother, bark, and spit are just three of the 23 words that academics estimate have been around for 15,000 years, making them the world’s oldest words ever discovered.

What are some 10 letter words?

  1. The Most Frequently Used Ten-Letter Words Strawberry
  2. sFriendship
  3. sEverything
  4. sAppreciate
  5. sMotivation

What is the longest word with 1909 letters?

Serine, a tryptophan synthetase protein, holds the record for the longest written word, with 1,909 characters in total.

How many 20 letter words are there?

There are 601 words in total. (0.271064 percent of the total number of terms in this word list)

Who named titin?

Using connectin as a model, Koscak Maruyama and colleagues discovered an elastic protein in muscle fiber in 1977 and named it connectin. Tuin was discovered two years later on an electrophoresis gel by Kuan Wang and colleagues, who recognized it as a doublet band matching to a high-molecular-weight, elastic protein they dubbed titin.

What are the D words?

  1. Investigate the Phrases dally, squander time.
  3. Dapperness is characterized by up-to-dateness in clothes and manners. Dauntlessness is the ability to resist fear or intimidation.
  4. Allowing one’s self to dally
  5. proceeding slowly
  6. Dearth is defined as an insufficient quantity or number
  7. Debacle is defined as a sudden and complete disaster
  8. Debilitate is defined as to make weak
  9. Debunk is defined as to expose while ridiculing
  10. Debilitate is defined as to make weak
  11. Debunk is defined as to expose while ridiculing
  12. Debilitate is defined as to make weak
  13. Debilitate is defined as to make weak.

What’s the longest word in Japanese?

″toragahitowokamoutosurutokinounarinow″ (toragahitowokamoutosurutokinounarinow) is a humorous phrase in Japanese. It is made up of 17 syllables and is made up of 37 letters in total. Because it is defined as ″the growl a tiger makes just before biting someone,″ it is a very strange phrase to hear.

What is the hardest word to say?

  1. The Most Difficult English Word To Pronounce Colonel
  2. Penguin
  3. Sixth
  4. Isthmus
  5. Anemone
  6. Squirrel
  7. Choir
  8. Worcestershire
  9. Colonel
  10. Penguin
  11. Sixth
  12. Isthmus
  13. Anemone
  14. Squirrel
  15. Choir
  16. Worcestershire


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Do you ever look through a dictionary, marveling at the sheer length of some words? It’s easy to appreciate the complexity of the language and the diversity of the words used to express ourselves. Words can be incredibly powerful tools, and even the longest can carry a lot of meaning. That’s why we’ve decided to take a moment to appreciate some of the longest words in the world. 

This blog post will explore a list of the “20 longest words in the world.” So join us as we take a closer look at the length of language and celebrate the power of the written word!

Exploring longest words in the world: 20 examples

  1. Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl…isoleucine
  2. Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic
  3. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
  4. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
  5. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 
  6. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
  7. Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism 
  8. Floccinaucinihilipilification 
  9. Antidisestablishmentarianism 
  10. Spectrophotofluorometrically 
  11. Hepaticocholangiogastrostomy 
  12.  Psychoneuroendocrinological 
  13. Honorificabilitudinitatibus 
  14. Pneumoencephalographically 
  15. Thyroparathyroidectomized
  16. Otorhinolaryngological 
  17. Incomprehensibilities 
  18. Dermatoglyphics 
  19. Sesquipedalianism 
  20. Strengths

1. Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl…isoleucine (189,819 letters)

You know how you can see a word, and it makes you want to say it aloud? That’s what happened when we learned about the world’s longest word. It’s called “methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl…isoleucine,” 189,819 letters long.

This is a technical name for titin’s chemical composition. This word is long because titin is formed by 244 individual protein domains connected into one sequence. That’s almost three hours of speaking time. It’s so long that it doesn’t fit on paper! But we must keep trying: if we can pronounce it, maybe we’ll get a cool nickname like “Methi-Gnome” or “Methi-Gnomy.”

2. Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic (52 letters)

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This tongue-twister of a word has 52 letters, making it one of the longest words in the English language. It is a technical term used to describe a particular type of acid found in certain rocks. The word was first coined in 1841 by the German mineralogist Friedrich August Rosenbusch.

The word is comprised of seven parts: Aequeo (meaning “equal”), Salino (“saline” or “salty”), Calculi (“lime” or “calcium”), Curacao (“waxy”), Aluminoso (“aluminum”), Cupreo (“copper”) and Vitriolic (“corrosive”). When put together, this lengthy word can be translated to mean “an equal saline-alkaline-waxy-aluminum-copper-corrosive acid.”

3. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters)

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This long word is the scientific name for a lung disease known as silicosis or miners’ asthma. The word was coined in 1959 by Everett Chapman, an American physician and pathologist attempting to find a suitable name for the condition.

Despite being the most extended term in English and being included in the Oxford English Dictionary, it is rarely used outside the medical industry. The disease can be treated with medications, but once it has progressed, the only option is to avoid exposure to silica dust.

4. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (36 letters)

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If you’ve ever heard of a word that seemed so long and complex that you thought it was made up, you may have heard of the longest word in the English language. This 36-letter monstrosity is known as Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia and is defined as “the fear of long words.” The root of this word can be broken down into four parts: ‘hippopotamus,’ ‘a monster,’ ‘equipment,’ and ‘fear.’

The word was first used in an article written in 1949, where the author referenced the term when talking about a man who had an irrational fear of big words.

5. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters)

This is arguably one of the most famous words in the world, made popular by the 1964 musical Mary Poppins. It’s a nonsense word that means “something to say when you have nothing to say.” Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters) is the longest word in the English language that doesn’t contain any repeating letters. It has become one of the most beloved words in the world and is often used in popular culture.

While it may seem like a strange and foreign word, it is a combination of several other words: “super-” (meaning “above” or “beyond”), “cali-” (from “calisthenics,” meaning “exercises”), “fragilistic-” (from “fragile,” meaning “breakable”), “expiali-” (from “expiation,” meaning “atonement”), and “docious” (from “dociousness,” meaning “teachable”). Together, these words create an impressive and unforgettable word that has come to signify something more than its parts. 

6. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian (30 letters)

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian is an impressive word, standing at a whopping 30 letters long. It comes from the Greek “hippos,” meaning horse, “potamos” meaning river, “monstrōs” meaning monster; and “eskhein” meaning to equip or furnish. The word refers to something very long and complicated, such as a word or phrase.

In addition to being a great conversation starter, Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian has also seen some use in popular culture. In the animated film Monsters Inc., Roz uses the word to describe Mike’s name: “Mike Wazowski? That’s a mouthful – hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian!”

So, It’s sure to get a few laughs; of course, its lengthy length will undoubtedly turn a few heads.

7. Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters)

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is one of the longest words in the English language, measuring a whopping 30 letters in length. This medical term is used to describe a rare inherited condition that affects calcium levels in the body. 

The term pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is derived from the Greek roots “pseudo,” meaning false, “hypo,” meaning under or below, and “parathyroid,” which refers to the four small glands in the neck responsible for regulating calcium in the body. 

8. Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)

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This word first appeared in the late 18th century and is derived from Latin. It means ‘the estimation of something as worthless’ or ‘treating something as insignificant.’ 

Floccinaucinihilipilification is a perfect example of how long and complicated English words can be. Although it may appear intimidating at first, it can be broken down into more manageable parts, such as “flocci,” “nauci,” “nihili,” and “pilification.” Understanding the meaning of each part can help you to understand the entire word more quickly, and it can also help you to use the word in your writing.

9. Antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters)

It is one of the longest words in the English language, and you may be surprised by its meaning. Antidisestablishmentarianism means opposition to the withdrawal of government support or recognition of an established church or religion. 

The word comprises two parts: anti, meaning “against,” and disestablishmentarianism, which refers to dissolving an established church. The term was first used in the 16th century in England when Anglicans wanted to abolish the Church of England’s official status as the state religion. 

It is also an exciting example of how a single long word can be used to explain a complex idea.

10. Spectrophotofluorometrically (28 letters)

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This impressive word first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1967. It is an adjective that refers to the measurement of light or radiation using a spectrophotofluorometer, a scientific device used for measuring the relative amounts of light absorbed and emitted by a substance. 

It’s quite a mouthful, and even the most ardent wordsmiths might struggle to pronounce it! But as complex as the word may sound, its meaning can be explained in just a few short sentences, making it much easier to appreciate its true beauty.

11. Hepaticocholangiogastrostomy (28 letters)

We’ve been amazed by the length of some words! Hepaticocholangiogastrostomy is one of them – 28 letters and counting. This medical term refers to a surgical procedure that connects the liver, bile ducts, and stomach.

To think that surgeons can perform these intricate procedures while saying this mouthful of a word out loud is simply incredible! The skill, precision, and finesse required are awe-inspiring and worthy of admiration.

12. Psychoneuroendocrinological (27 letters)

Psychoneuroendocrinological is a word that will make your jaw drop. At 27 letters, it’s one of the longest words in the world and is a fantastic feat for anyone to be able to say aloud with ease. It references a complex field of medicine that studies how hormones interact with mental and neurological processes. 

The complexity and technicalities behind this subject matter are impressive – understanding them requires expertise and skill. To think that experts can comprehend and work with such long words as psychoneuroendocrinological is simply awe-inspiring!

13. Honorificabilitudinitatibus (27 letters)

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This is one of the longest words in the world and is derived from a line in William Shakespeare’s play Love’s Labour’s Lost. It is used to describe someone capable of achieving great honors. The word translates as “the state of being able to achieve honors.” This makes it a fitting way to describe someone capable of doing great things and making a name for themselves.

The word has been used in various forms throughout history, though its most famous use is as part of a line from Shakespeare’s work. The entire line reads: “Honorificabilitudinitatibus: O form of majesty!” This reflects the awe-inspiring power and influence someone of greatness can have.

14. Pneumoencephalographically (26 letters)

It’s astonishing to think that experts can master long words like pneumoencephalographically. With 26 letters, it is among the world’s longest and references a branch of medical science that looks into how hormones interact with mental and neurological activities. This understanding has enabled better diagnosis and treatment plans for physiological and psychological conditions.

Knowing the technicalities behind this subject matter requires skill, knowledge, and expertise – all highly admirable qualities. It certainly puts one in awe when we realize that professionals are capable of mastering such complex topics!

15. Thyroparathyroidectomized (25 letters)

Thyroparathyroidectomized has 25 letters and is used to describe the surgical removal of both the thyroid and parathyroid glands. It is commonly used to treat hyperthyroidism, an overactive thyroid gland.

Thyroparathyroidectomized is not only long but also complex, having numerous syllables that are difficult to pronounce. The word is derived from several different parts, including thyroid-, parathyroid-, and ectomy. The prefix thyro- means “about the thyroid”; the suffix -ectomy means “surgical removal”; and the root parathyroid- refers to the four parathyroid glands near the thyroid gland.

16. Otorhinolaryngological (22 letters)

With 22 letters, Otorhinolaryngological is one of the longest words in the world! This word is derived from the Greek words “oto” meaning ear, “rhino” meaning nose, “laryngo” meaning throat; and “logical” meaning science or study. It refers to the medical specialty concerned with problems of the ears, nose, and throat.

This is an incredibly specialized field of medicine that requires extensive knowledge and training to master. The name is also so long that most people don’t know how to pronounce it correctly! The correct pronunciation of this word is “oh-toh-ree-noh-luh-ring-goh-lij-ik-uhl.”

17. Incomprehensibilities (21 letters)

Incomprehensibilities is one of the longest words in the English language, with 21 letters. It means “the state or quality of being incomprehensible” or “something that cannot be understood.” It is derived from the Latin word incomprehensibilis, which comes from the prefix in-, meaning “not,” and comprehensibilis meaning “able to be comprehended.”

Incomprehensibilities has become quite popular in recent years, especially with those who are looking for long words to challenge their friends and colleagues. It is often used in scrabble games, other word puzzles, online forums, and chat rooms. It has even been featured on popular TV shows such as Jeopardy!

18. Dermatoglyphics (15 letters)

Dermatoglyphics is a fifteen-letter noun that holds the distinction of being the longest word in the English language that doesn’t contain any repeated letters. It comes from the Greek words derma, meaning “skin,” and glyph, meaning “to carve or engrave.” Dermatoglyphics refers to studying fingerprints and skin patterns, such as ridge count and pattern types. It is used in many fields, such as anthropology, forensics, medicine, and genetics. It is also used to diagnose genetic and hereditary diseases, which is why dermatoglyphics are still studied today.

19. Sesquipedalianism (14 letters)

Sesquipedalianism is a term used to describe the tendency to use long words. It has come to be used to describe someone who uses complex and often obscure words to express their thoughts or ideas.

Sesquipedalian words can create an air of sophistication or make a more precise point. Sesquipedalianism is a handy tool for anyone who wants to express themselves elegantly and precisely. If you want to ensure that your message is getting across without miscommunication, then using these types of words can help you achieve that goal.

20. Strengths (9 letters)

The word strengths is a rather impressive nine-letter word that often gets overlooked when discussing the longest words in the world. It doesn’t come close to the longest word in the world, but it deserves to be on the list for its nearly all-consonant composition. This makes it a unique word, and the fact that it is only nine letters long makes it even more remarkable.

Strengths can refer to a person’s positive qualities or abilities and can be used as a noun or an adjective. No matter how you use it, the word strengths are sure to make an impression.

Commonly asked questions:

Here are a few questions that are asked by the people when it comes to the 20 Longest Words In The World. 

What are some challenging words?

Some tricky English words include:

  1. Stationary vs Stationery.
  2. Separate.
  3. Effect vs affect
  4. Embarrassed.
  5. Compliment vs. Complement.

Which term is most commonly misspelled?

According to WordTips, “coolly” and “minuscule” are the most commonly misspelled words in the majority of English-speaking countries, including the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia.

What is the world’s most difficult word?

7 of the most difficult English words that will make you forget what you were going to say:

  1. Worcestershire
  2. Rural
  3. Sixth
  4. Sesquipedalian
  5. Phenomenon
  6. Onomatopoeia
  7. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Conclusion

The world is full of incredibly long words that many people are unaware of. Understanding the meaning behind these words is key to appreciating their length and complexity. These longer words often have exciting backstories and origins.

Whether you learn more about them for yourself or use them to impress your friends, there’s no denying that these words are fascinating. While these words may seem daunting at first, mastering them can help you better understand language, culture, and the world around you.

So next time you encounter an intimidatingly long word, take the time to appreciate its complexity and the power of language.

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by Ester Brierley

Language is an extremely important part of our life, as it gives us a unique opportunity to communicate, share our thoughts and go on with our daily life effectively. It is constantly evolving and versatile that it is impossible to learn it thoroughly. It amazes us with the abundance of different words and how many different meanings and ways of usage they may have. Let’s have a look at the world’s longest words the existence of which you didn’t even suspect.

1. It is a shame, but in our article, we will not be able to write the longest word in the world. It is not because it is a secret, but because it so long that you will need over 3 hours to read it. It has the astonishing number of letters — 189,819. It names a chemical called “titin” (or “connection’”), and just to give you a glimpse, here is a shortened version of the name of the largest known protein (just the beginning and the end of the word): Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl…isoleucine.

2. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis — 45 letters

This word is considered to be the longest in English dictionary. It names a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles from the volcano. The shortened version of the disease name is silicosis.

3. Anticonstitutionnellement — 25 letters

It is formally considered to be the longest French word and can be translated into English as “unconstitutionally”.

4. Anticonstitucionalísimamente — 23 letters

“Very strongly against the constitution” – this is the meaning of the longest Spanish word.

5.Spårvagnsaktiebolagsskensmutsskjutarefackförenings​personalbeklädnadsmagasinsförrådsförvaltarens — 94 letters

It is a long word indeed and was created due to an amazing capacity of Swedish grammar to create extra long words. Its meaning is “The manager of the depot for the supply of uniforms to the personnel of the track cleaners’ union of the tramway company”.

6. Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimiz​denmişsinizcesine — 70 letters

This word is considered to be the longest Turkish word meaning «As if you would be from those we can not easily/quickly make a maker of unsuccessful ones».

7. Nikotynamidadenindynukleotydfosfat — 34 letters

This is a long chemical term which can be found in the Ukrainian language and might considered to be the longest word used.

8. Znajneprekryštalizovávateľnejšievajúcimi — 44 letters

Slovak grammar also allows long words to be easily created, and this particular word means “Through the least crystallized ones”.

9. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconioză — 44 letters

This word is the longest Romanian and it is the name of disease.

10. Dziewięćsetdziewięćdziesięcio​dziewięcionarodowościowego — 54 letters

This long Polish common word, but amazing fact is that it can be made even longer, but then it will not be used in the spoken language.

11. Menneskerettighetsorganisasjonene — 33 letters

This word is being used in Norway and has a meaning of “The human rights organizations”.

12. Vaðlaheiðarvegavinnuverkfærageymslus​kúraútidyralyklakippuhringur — 64 letters

Iceland is notorious for its long words and this word means «A keychain ring for the outdoor key of road workers shed in a moor called Vaðlaheiði».

Language is very flexible and changes all the time. New words appear and some become obsolete. Moreover, the grammar of some languages gives an opportunity for the appearance of words with unlimited length, so to define the longest word might never be possible.

We have made a list of words which are considered to be the longest (or among the longest), either in general use or in the narrow technical spheres. Obviously, any of those unique super-long words have shortened version for the convenience of usage. Most of the time these words are used solely in scientific studies; however, if to look for the longest word from a humorous point of view, the word smiles may be considered one of the longest words, as it has a mile between its first and last letters. Study language, it is fun!

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