What is the hardest word to speak in English?

The word onomatopoeia is a jumble of vowels and is probably the most difficult English word to pronounce. It is pronounced [on-uh-mat-uh–pee–uh], and it defines a word that imitates a sound.
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What's the hardest word to say in English?

The Most Difficult English Word To Pronounce
  • Rural.
  • Otorhinolaryngologist.
  • Colonel.
  • Penguin.
  • Sixth.
  • Isthmus.
  • Anemone.
  • Squirrel.
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What are the 10 hardest words to pronounce in English?

20 Most Difficult Words to Pronounce in the English Language
  • Colonel.
  • Worcestershire.
  • Mischievous.
  • Draught.
  • Quinoa.
  • Onomatopoeia.
  • Scissors.
  • Anemone.
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What is the hardest R word to say?

murderer. As we noted earlier, the R sound in English can be tricky. That's what makes murderer, with its three R sounds particularly difficult to pronounce. The word is pronounced [ mur-der-er ].
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What is the #1 hardest word to spell?

  • #3: Conscientious. “Conscious” and “conscience” are tricky enough to spell. ...
  • #2: Paraphernalia. Instead of adding a letter like in the case of “orangutan,” people pronouncing this already-tricky word tend to skip over the second “r” altogether. ...
  • #1: Onomatopoeia.
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Comparison: Hardest Words To Pronounce



What is the weirdest word to say?

Here are the 12 weirdest words in English:
  • Gerrymandering.
  • Fungus.
  • Aa.
  • Vex.
  • Bequeath.
  • Mixology.
  • Flub.
  • Bibble.
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What are the five tricky words?

We've rounded up ten of the trickiest words in English and provided tips that will help you stop misspelling them.
  • Necessary.
  • Stationary vs. Stationery.
  • Separate.
  • Affect vs. Effect.
  • Embarrassed.
  • Compliment vs. Complement.
  • Accommodation.
  • Rhythm.
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What are the 10 hardest word?

10 most difficult words in English
  • Literally. If you know a language purist, watch out. ...
  • Ironic. Here is a word that has confused almost all English speakers – native or otherwise. ...
  • Irregardless (instead of regardless) ...
  • Whom. ...
  • Colonel. ...
  • Nonplussed. ...
  • Disinterested. ...
  • Enormity.
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What is the longest F word?

floccinaucinihilipilification (29).
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What is a tricky word?

Tricky words are words that early readers will struggle with. This might be because they have unusual spellings, contain new sounds and graphemes or don't follow ordinary phonemic rules. Many tricky words are ones that we use often, so it's important to teach kids how to spell and pronounce them.
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What is the longest weirdest word?

10 Longest Words in the English Language
  1. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) ...
  2. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (36 letters) ...
  3. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters) ...
  4. Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) ...
  5. Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)
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What is the 45 word?

Thus, 45 in words is written as Forty-five.
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What are 20 hard words to spell?

What are the Top 20 Hardest Words to Spell?
  • Nauseous. “Nauseous” is a hard word to spell because of the number of vowels in the word and the pronunciation. ...
  • Dilate. “Dilate” might be easy to spell for some, but its pronunciation makes it more challenging. ...
  • Indict. ...
  • Liquefy. ...
  • Wednesday. ...
  • Sherbet​ ...
  • Bologna. ...
  • Ingenious.
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What is the 15 word?

15 in words is written as Fifteen.
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What are very rare words?

10 unusual words to add to your English vocabulary
  • Anachronism. An anachronism is something (or someone) that is out of place in terms of time or chronology. ...
  • Accismus. A form of irony in which someone feigns indifference to something he or she desires. ...
  • Cacophony. ...
  • Draconian. ...
  • Limerence. ...
  • Pareidolia. ...
  • Riposte. ...
  • Sanctimony.
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What is the most rare word to say?

The 15 most unusual words you'll ever find in English
  • Serendipity. This word appears in numerous lists of untranslatable words and is a mystery mostly for non native speakers of English. ...
  • Gobbledygook. ...
  • Scrumptious. ...
  • Agastopia. ...
  • Halfpace. ...
  • Impignorate. ...
  • Jentacular. ...
  • Nudiustertian.
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What is the funnest word to say?

105 Funny Words
  • Bumfuzzle. You might hear your grandparents use this funny word that refers to being confused or perplexed.
  • Fartlek. This is an activity runners do when they change between sprinting and jogging.
  • Everywhen. This isn't a typo, it means “always” or “all the time.”
  • Erf. ...
  • Hullaballoo. ...
  • Meldrop. ...
  • Obelus. ...
  • Sozzled.
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What is the hardest 5 letter word?

Sesquipedalian. This word means 'long-winded' words, such as Sesquipedalian.
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What words should a 12 year old be able to spell?

able, aftermath, afternoon, appear, attack, attend, bicycle, breakfast, brightly, cabbage, cable, carpenter, channel, circle, climb, comfort, comical, confirm, construct, curtain, customer, damage, decide, delight, disappear, discover, empty, encourage, entertain, equal, exactly, forever, fruit, fuel, group, guard, ...
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What word is 189 819 letters long?

1. methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl…isoleucine. You'll notice there's an ellipsis here, and that's because this word, in total, is 189,819 letters long, and it's the chemical name for the largest known protein, titin.
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How do you spell 99?

The number 99 in words is Ninety-nine.
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Which is the shortest word?

The shortest word is a. Some might wonder about the word I since it consists of one letter, too. In sound, a is shorter because it is a monophthong (consists of one vowel), while I is a diphthong. Both do consist of one letter in the English writing system, and in most fonts I is the narrowest letter.
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What is the 3 hour word?

The longest English word

The longest word in English has 189,819 letters and takes 3 hours to pronounce. This is a technical term for the chemical composition of titin. Titin is the largest known protein responsible for maintaining the passive elasticity of the muscles.
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What starts with P and ends with E?

Q: What starts with "P", ends with "E", and has millions of letters? A: The "Post Office"!
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