Word with the most syllables

For 1, minimum : «I» 1
For 1, maximum : «I» 1

For 2, minimum : «It» 1
For 2, maximum : «Io» 2

For 3, minimum : «Don» 1
For 3, maximum : «Era» 2

For 4, minimum : «Done» 1
For 4, maximum : «Iota» 3

For 5, minimum : «Stone» «Schwa» 1
For 5, maximum : «Anion» 3

For 6, minimum : «Streak» 1
For 6, maximum : «Anonym» «Hawaii» 3

For 7, minimum : «Streaks» 1
For 7, maximum : «Anonymy» 4

For 8, minimum : «Strength» 1
For 8, maximum : «Ignominy» «Abacuses» «Honolulu» 4

For 9, minimum : «Strengths» 1
For 9, maximum : «Abrasions» 4

For 10, minimum : «Squirreled» 1 , thanks to Deusovi
For 10, maximum : «Abacterial» «Abiogenist» 5

For 11, minimum : «Broughammed» 1 , thanks to Emrakul
For 11, maximum : «Abecedarian» «Abiogeneses» «Aerobiology» «Alcyonarian» 6

For 12, minimum : «Schtroumpfed» 1 , thanks to Emrakul
For 12, maximum : «Unisexuality» 7

For 13, minimum : «Scratchboards» «Straightbreds» «Straightboard» «Straightforth» 2
For 13, maximum : «Unideological» «Unreliability» «Monosexuality» 7

For 14, minimum : «Straightboards» 2
For 14, maximum : «Stereoisomeric» «Supersexuality» «Unisexualities» 7

For 15, minimum : «Schlockmeisters» «Straightforthly» «Straightforward» 3
For 15, maximum : «Stereoisomerics» «Monosexualities» «Organomercurial» 7

For 16, minimum : «Straightforwards» 3
For 16, maximum : «Stereoisomerical» 8

For 17, minimum : «Straightforthness» 3
For 17, maximum : «Electroanalytical» «Electrophysiology» 8

For 18, minimum : «Forethoughtfulness» 4
For 18, maximum : «Universalizability» 9 , thanks to Nathaniel

For 19, minimum : «Straightforwardness» 4
For 19, maximum : «Extraterritoriality» 9

For 20, minimum : «Forethoughtfulnesses» 5
For 20, maximum : «Radioimmunoassayable» 10

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References:
http://www.morewords.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_longest_English_words_with_one_syllable

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of candidates for the longest English word of one syllable, i.e. monosyllables with the most letters. A list of 9,123 English monosyllables published in 1957 includes three ten-letter words: scraunched, scroonched, and squirreled.^[1] Guinness World Records lists scraunched and strengthed.^[2] Other sources include words as long or longer. Some candidates are questionable on grounds of spelling, pronunciation, or status as obsolete, nonstandard, proper noun, loanword, or nonce word. Thus, the definition of longest English word with one syllable is somewhat subjective, and there is no single unambiguously correct answer.

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Proper names[edit]

Some nine-letter proper names remain monosyllabic when adding a tenth letter and apostrophe to form the possessive:

• Laugharne’s ^[5]
• Scoughall’s ^[14]

Note that both use the ough tetragraph, which can represent a wide variety of sounds in English.

In his short story, «Strychnine in the Soup», P. G. Wodehouse had a character whose surname was «Mapledurham», pronounced «Mum». This is eleven letters, while «Mapledurham’s» is twelve.

It is productive in English to convert a (proper) noun into an eponymous verb or adjective:

• A 2007–08 promotion in France used the slogan «Do you Schweppes?», implying a past tense Schweppesed (11 letters) for the putative verb.^[15]
• Schwartzed (10 letters) has been used to mean «(re)designed in the style of Martha Schwartz»^[16]
• Schwartzed has also been used to mean «crossed swords with Justice Alan R. Schwartz»^[17]
• Schmertzed (10 letters) has been used to mean «received undue largesse from New York City through the intervention of negotiator Eric Schmertz»^[18]

Contrived endings[edit]

In a 1970 article in Word Ways, Ralph G. Beaman converts past participles ending -ed into nouns, allowing regular plurals with -s. He lists five verbs in Webster’s Third International generating 10-letter monosyllables scratcheds, screecheds, scroungeds, squelcheds, stretcheds; from the verb strength in Webster’s Second International he forms the 11-letter strengtheds.^[19]

The past tense ending -ed and the archaic second person singular ending -st can be combined into -edst; for example «In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul» (Psalms 138:3). While this ending is usually pronounced as a separate syllable from the verb stem, it may be abbreviated -‘dst to indicate elision. Attested examples include scratch’dst^[20] and stretch’dst,^[21] each of which has one syllable spelled with ten letters plus apostrophe.

See also[edit]

• Longest word in English

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• askoxford.com: What is the longest one-syllable English word?
• rec-puzzles.org: What words have an exceptional number of letters per syllable?

A Syllable is a part of a word that can be pronounced in a single breath or at a time. A Syllable must have at least one vowel or vowel sound.

Example: – For example we can take the word ‘Mother’ (Mother= Mo+ther). When we attempt to pronounce the word ‘Mother’, first we pronounce ‘Mo’ in a single breath and then ‘ther’. So, in this word there are two syllables.

Kinds of Syllable

Kinds of Syllable

Different Kinds of Syllabic Words

Monosyllabic Word

A word with single syllable or one syllable is called a Monosyllabic Word.

Or, where there is only one syllable in a word, the word is called a Monosyllabic word.

Example: – For example we can say ‘Man’, ‘Bat’, ‘Ball’ etc.

Here in these words the number of syllable is one and when we attempt to pronounce the above words we can see that we can pronounce them each in a single breath.

(Monosyllabic Word Examples)

Disyllabic Word

A word with two syllables is called a Disyllabic Word.

Or, where there are two syllables in a word, the word is called a Disyllabic word.

Example: – For example we can say ‘Father’, ‘Mother’, ‘Brother’ etc.

• Here in these words the number of syllable is two and when we attempt to pronounce the above words, we fail to pronounce them each in a single breath. We need a break.
• If we take the very first word (i.e. ‘Father) for explanation, we can see that when we attempt to pronounce the word ‘Father’, at first we pronounce ‘Fa’ and then ‘ther’. The similar thing happens in case of the other two words.

(Disyllabic Word Examples)

Trisyllabic Word

A word with three syllables is called a Trisyllabic Word.

Or, where there are three syllables in a word, the word is called a Trisyllabic word.

Example: – For example we can say ‘Condition’, ‘Position’, ‘Remember’ etc.

• Here in these words the number of syllable is three and when we attempt to pronounce the above words, we fail to pronounce them each in a single breath. We need two breaks.
• If we take the very first word (i.e. ‘Condition’) for explanation, we can see that when we attempt to pronounce the word ‘Condition’, first we pronounce ‘Con’ and then ‘di’ and finally ‘tion’.

(Trisyllabic Word Examples)

Tetrasyllabic Word

A word with four syllables is called a Tetrasyllabic Word.

Or, where there are four syllables in a word, the word is called a Tetrasyllabic word.

Example: – For example we can say ‘Unfortunate’, ‘Photography’ etc.

• Here in these words the number of syllable is four and when we attempt to pronounce the above words, we fail to pronounce them each in a single breath. We need to stop three times.
• If we take the very first word (i.e. ‘Unfortunate’) for explanation, we can see that when we attempt to pronounce the word ‘Unfortunate’, at first we pronounce ‘Un’ and then ‘for’ and then ‘tu’ and finally ‘nate’.

(Tetra-syllabic Word Examples)

Pentasyllabic Word

A word with five syllables is called a Pentasyllabic Word.

Or, where there are five syllables in a word, the word is called a Pentasyllabic word.

Example: – For example we can say ‘University’, ‘Individual’ etc.

• Here in these words the number of syllable is five and when we attempt to pronounce the above words, we fail to pronounce them each in a single breath. We stop four times.
• If we take the very first word (i.e. ‘University’) for explanation, we can see that when we attempt to pronounce the word ‘University’, first we pronounce ‘U’ and then ‘ni’ and then ‘ver’ and then ‘si’ and finally ‘ty’.

(Pentasyllabic Word Examples)

Polysyllabic Word

A word with many syllables is called a Polysyllabic Word.

Or, where there are more than five syllables in a word, the word is called a Polysyllabic word.

Example: – For example we can say ‘Identification’, ‘Capitalization’ etc.

• Here in these words the number of syllable is many (more than five) and when we attempt to pronounce the above words, we fail to pronounce them each in a single breath. We stop five times or more than five times.
• If we take the very first word (i.e. ‘Identification’) for explanation, we can see that when we attempt to pronounce the word ‘Identification’, first we pronounce ‘I’ and then ‘den’ and then ‘ti’ and then ‘fi’ and then ‘ca’ and finally ‘tion’.

(Polysyllabic Word Examples)

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