This is the longest word (well, item) banned by the government: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or as it’s known by the easier-to-pronounce abbreviation, DDT. Agricultural use of the chemical was banned back in 1972. PreviousNextChargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchau...
What are the Longest Words in the dictionary? The longest word listed in a dictionary is usually a disease. That word that we have come across is: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. It is a word containing 45 letters! Please don't ask me how you pronounce it! If you come acro...
we don’t agree on what is the longest one-syllable word in English. People from the US and Canada might tell you that it’s the wordsquirrel(l)ed. This has ten or eleven letters, again depending on where you’re from. While our transatlantic friends pronounce this something like...
some dictionaries accept this British English version as an alternate spelling. Some Americans pronounce the wordsquirrelledas a one-syllable word (rhyming with “curled”). This makessquirrelledthe longest one-syllable word in the English language at 11 letters. If all of that sounds too ...
language very different from the English language, e.g., Afrikaans, Sanskrit, etc., or because the pronunciation is very different from the spelling. A word can also be difficult if it has a silent letter or more or a peculiar double letter. Here’s a list of some super hard word to ...
pronounce if you take it one syllable at a time. It means "legal protection insurance companies." According to Guinness, this was the longest German dictionary word in everyday usage. However, the word below is a longer legitimate and official "longest word"—in semi-everyday usage, anyway....
While technically possible, the word is so long it would take over three hours to pronounce! Conclusion: The Fascination with Long Words in English: The biggest word in English is more than just a linguistic oddity; it reflects the vastness and versatility of the English language. Whe...
I’d be interested to hear of longest words in other languages apart from English – please leave a comment. Thanks October 25, 2007 at 8:48 pm Reply Paul Randalsays: October 25, 2007 at 8:51 pm Badly usually :-) Reply One of the longest hungarian word: ...
BTW, you get extra points if you can pronounce it! If you take the time and count the letters, you'll find that there are 45 of them. 45 letters! That's crazy! It literally is the longest name for any geographic feature in America!