How do you spell the longest word in the english language?

Answer 1

The longest word may be any of several possible words, ranging from

antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters)

to the coined word

pneumonoultramicroscopic-silicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters, no hyphen)

to the

complete long chemical name for the protein titin (189,819 letters).

(see the related question)

Answer 2

The longest dictionary word in English (although it was created for that purpose in 1935) is:

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico-volcanoconiosis (no hyphen).

Broken into syllables, that's "new-mono-ultra-micro-scopic-sili-co-volcano-con-ee-oh-sis."

There are longer chemical names, including the name for the protein titin, which is 189,819 letters long, too long to include on these pages. (see the related link)

Answer 3

Actually, this word takes 27 minutes to pronounce, but you can try it.

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Answer 4

The unofficial longest word is the chemical name for a protein called "titin," which is practically unprintable at 189,819 letters long.(check below for a link)

Other contenders

1) In German, where adjectives can be added to nouns to form single words,

Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitäten-hauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamten-

gesellschaft

(79 letters, no hyphens) is said to be the longest published word.

2) The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) and electrophotomicrographically (28 letters).

3) The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico-volcanoconiosis (no hyphen), a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of volcanic ash, but research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax, created at the 1935 meeting of the National Puzzler's League. It has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning (the disease silicosis) lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.

4) The ancient Greek comedic playwright Aristophanes created a word of 183 letters that describes a fictional dish by stringing together its ingredients.

It is (no hyphens): Lopado­­temacho­­selacho­­galeo­­kranio-­­leipsano­­drim­­hypo­­trimmato­­-silphio­­parao­­melito­­katake-chy­­meno­­kichl­­epi­­kossypho-­­phatto­­perister­­alektryon­­opte­­ke-phallio­­kigklo­­peleio­­lagoio­­siraio-­­baphe­­tragano­­pterygon.

5) The longest place name in the United States (45 letters) is

Chargoggagoggmanchauggag-oggchaubunagungamaugg (no hyphen) a lake in Webster, Massachusetts.

6) Taumata­whakatangihanga­ko-auau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka-piki­maunga­horo-uku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu (85 letters) is the Maori name of a hill in New Zealand. Its listed official name is only 57 letters:

Taumata­whakatangihanga­ko-auau­o­tamatea­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu

7) Or you could go for the 58-character name of a town on Anglesey in Wales,

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrn-drobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

(see related question)

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Answer 5

Pnuemonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the world.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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