What is the most confusing word?

Think beer snobs or Prius drivers, as the stereotypes go.
  • Ubiquitous. Ubiquitous is used to describe something that is widespread and constantly encountered, like television or fast food.
  • Cynical. ...
  • Apathetic. ...
  • Albeit. ...
  • Ambiguous. ...
  • Integrity. ...
  • Affect/Effect. ...
  • Love.
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What is the craziest word?

34 of the Zaniest, Craziest Words in the Dictionary (Anything Missing? Add It In the Comments!)
  • Bumfuzzle. This is a simple term that refers to being confused, perplexed, or flustered or to cause confusion. ...
  • Cattywampus. ...
  • Gardyloo. ...
  • Taradiddle. ...
  • Snickersnee. ...
  • Widdershins. ...
  • Collywobbles. ...
  • Gubbins.
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What is a big confusing word?

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is "an invented long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust".
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What are confusing words?

Commonly Confused Words
  • Accept / Except.
  • Affect / Effect.
  • A Lot / Alot.
  • Allusion / Illusion.
  • All Ready / Already.
  • Altogether / All Together.
  • Apart / A Part.
  • Ascent / Assent.
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What is the hard word?

A semi-technical term for a difficult WORD of foreign origin: for example, azimuth, hierophant, munificence, perigee, Vedanta. Early English dictionaries, especially in the 17c, that explained such exotic words by means of everyday words, came to be known as hard-word dictionaries.
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Top 10 Most Confusing Words for Advanced English Learners



What are 5 unfamiliar words?

5 unfamiliar words with meaning and example
  • Conduct: Personal behavior. ...
  • Scarce: Insufficient to satisfy the need. ...
  • Appoint: Assign to a position. ...
  • Level: Having no part higher than another. ...
  • Convince: To move by argument. ...
  • Inspire: To fill with an animating. ...
  • Know: To see or comprehend as reality or truth.
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What are 20 hard words to spell?

The 20 Hardest Words to Spell
  • Bouillon. Sounding like a middle name for someone in the Royal family, this is really a word from the French, meaning “liquid in which something has been boiled”. ...
  • Receipt. A slip of paper comes in handy. ...
  • Psychologist. ...
  • Counselor. ...
  • Asthma. ...
  • Exacerbate. ...
  • Mnemonic. ...
  • Eczema.
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What are the top 10 misspelled words?

Here are the top 10 most misspelled words in the English language, according to the Oxford Dictionary:
  1. Publically. Whether you use it privately or publicly, this is one you want to make sure is correct.
  2. Pharoah. ...
  3. Definately? ...
  4. Goverment? ...
  5. Seperate. ...
  6. Occured. ...
  7. Untill? ...
  8. Recieve? ...
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Is alot a word?

First thing's first: "alot" is not a word. If you want to say that someone has a vast number of things, you would say they have "a lot" of things. "A lot" is always two words. "Allot" means to give or apportion something to someone as a share or task.
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What are the 10 most commonly misused words?

10 Most Commonly Misused Words
  1. Accept versus Except: Accept is a verb meaning to receive while except is primarily a preposition meaning to exclude. ...
  2. Capital versus Capitol: ...
  3. Elicit versus Illicit: ...
  4. Emigrate versus Immigrate:
  5. Climatic versus Climactic: ...
  6. Principal versus Principle: ...
  7. Your versus You're: ...
  8. Affect versus Effect:
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What is a 12 letter word?

12 letter words that start with B
  • babyproofing.
  • bacchanalian.
  • bachelordoms.
  • bachelorette.
  • bachelorhood.
  • bachelorisms.
  • bachelorlike.
  • backbenchers.
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What is a word with 11 letters?

Some of the most common 11 letter words include: INFORMATION: Knowledge or facts learn, especially about a certain subject. PROFESSIONS: Jobs and occupations, what people do for a living. COPYRIGHTED: Material that is protected by copyright, a legal right.
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What is the least popular word?

Fewer than 3% of participants marked they knew the 20 English words below.
  • genipap.
  • futhorc.
  • witenagemot.
  • gossypol.
  • chaulmoogra.
  • brummagem.
  • alsike.
  • chersonese.
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What is the oldest word?

According to a 2009 study by researchers at Reading University, the oldest words in the English language include “I“, “we“, “who“, “two” and “three“, all of which date back tens of thousands of years.
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Is Alots a scrabble word?

No, alot is not in the scrabble dictionary.
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Is Acost a word?

1. To approach and speak to, especially aggressively or insistently, as with a demand or request. 2. To approach and speak to with the intent of having sex.
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Is aswell one word?

No matter how you use it, the expression “as well” is always two words, despite the fact that many people seem to think it should be spelled “aswell.” Examples: “I don't like plastic trees as well as real ones for Christmas.” “Now that we've opened our stockings, let's open our other presents as well.” BUY THE BOOK!
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What words should an 11 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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How do you spell 30 in words?

30 in words is written as “Thirty”.
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What is the hardest spelling word?

Top 10 Hardest Words to Spell
  • Misspell.
  • Pharaoh.
  • Weird.
  • Intelligence.
  • Pronunciation.
  • Handkerchief.
  • logorrhea.
  • Chiaroscurist.
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What word takes 3 hours to say?

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl… isoleucine is the chemical name for the protein of “titin” also known as “connectin.” The largest known protein that consists of 26, 926 amino acids is made up of 189, 819 letters and can take about three hours to pronounce.
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What are the 5 longest words?

10 Longest Words in the English Language
  • Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) ...
  • Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (36 letters) ...
  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters) ...
  • Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) ...
  • Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)
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What are the 50 most misspelled words?

Top 50 misspellings
  • accomodation > accommodation.
  • adress > address.
  • accomodate > accommodate.
  • wether > whether / weather.
  • rehersal > rehearsal.
  • commited > committed.
  • persue > pursue.
  • occurence > occurrence.
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