What is the shortest word in the world?

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
diphthong
A diphthong (/ˈdɪfθɒŋ, ˈdɪp-/ DIF-thong, DIP-; from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos) 'two sounds', from δίς (dís) 'twice', and φθόγγος (phthóngos) 'sound'), also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable.
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. 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 word takes 3 hours to say?

You will be surprised to know that the longest word in English has 1, 89,819 letters and it will take you three and a half hours to pronounce it correctly. This is a chemical name of titin, the largest known protein.
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Is there a word with all 26 letters?

An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. My favorite pangram is “Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.”
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What is the 2nd longest word in the world?

2. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (36 letters)
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What is the word with 189 819 letters?

methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl…

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. Technical words can grow to enormous lengths, but they also kind of suck all the fun out of this question.
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The shortest words in English



How do you say Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic?

Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic (AYK-wee-oh-SAY-lin-noh-kal-KAL-lin-noh-suh-RAY-see-oh-uh-LOOM-in-noh-soh-KOOP-ree-yoh-vit-tree-YOLL-lik) is an adjective coined about three centuries ago to elucidate the properties of the spa waters at Bath.
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What 21 words have no vowels?

  • byrls.
  • crwth.
  • crypt.
  • cysts.
  • dryly.
  • flyby.
  • ghyll.
  • glyph.
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What is the full word of Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl?

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 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 begins with E and ends with E riddle?

What starts with E ends with E and only has one letter in it?! – The Answer Wall.
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What is the 27th letter in the alphabet?

Total number of letters in the alphabet

Until 1835, the English Alphabet consisted of 27 letters: right after "Z" the 27th letter of the alphabet was ampersand (&). The English Alphabet (or Modern English Alphabet) today consists of 26 letters: 23 from Old English and 3 added later.
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Which sentence has a to Z word?

The most widely known pangram is the one that's traditionally been used to test typewriters or keyboards: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
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What is the longest video on YouTube?

Jonathan Harchick has created and uploaded the longest YouTube video of all time, clocking in at 571 hours, 1 minute and 41 seconds. He says, "I challenge anyone to try and make a longer video."
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Is there a word without a vowel?

Words with no vowels. Cwm and crwth do not contain the letters a, e, i, o, u, or y, the usual vowels (that is, the usual symbols that stand for vowel sounds) in English. But in those words the letter w simply serves instead, standing for the same sound that oo stands for in the words boom and booth.
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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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What words have 3 A's in them?

smaaahl
  • smaaahl.
  • staaamp.
  • usafaaa.
  • saaarmm.
  • ofaaabc.
  • ospaaal.
  • qjaaahl.
  • rafhaaa.
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What is a 40 letter word?

1 Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (forty-five letters): A lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica or quartz dust.
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What word has 3.5 hours to say?

A word of warning… the “word” takes about 3.5 hours to say. The word is 189,819 letters long. It's actually the name of a giant protein called Titin. Proteins are usually named by mashing-up the names of the chemicals making them.
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Is y still vowel?

Y is considered to be a vowel if… The word has no other vowel: gym, my. The letter is at the end of a word or syllable: candy, deny, bicycle, acrylic.
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Can w be a vowel?

Yes, the letter W can behave as a vowel. It's time to level up your Scrabble game, people. And, to all our grade-school peeps out there, get ready to knock the socks off your spelling teacher.
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Which word has all 5 vowels?

Eunoia, at six letters long, is the shortest word in the English language that contains all five main vowels.
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How do you pronounce GIF?

“It's pronounced JIF, not GIF.” Just like the peanut butter. “The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations,” Wilhite told The New York Times. “They are wrong. It is a soft 'G,' pronounced 'jif.
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How many letters are in pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

The longest word in the English dictionary however, is the 45-letter word "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis", which refers to a lung disease.
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