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All words can be hard to spell for different people. Some have too many letters. Here are some hard words:
* accommodate
* acknowledgment
* bookkeeper
* cancelled
* chancellor
* correspondence
* delicatessen
* dilemma
* ecclesiastical
* fortuitous
* knowledgeable
* perseverance
* questionnaire
* simultaneous
* unnecessary
* zephyr
A few hard to spell words:
1. ache
2. psychology
3. cynic
4. Sioux
5. subpoena
6. knife
7. pneumatic
8. opaque
9. chorus
10. owe
11. laugh
12. physique
13. once
14. coax
A few more
15. rhythm
16. immediately
17. accommodation
18. diarrhoea / diarrhea (US)
19. supersede
20. precede
21. proceed
22. succeed
23. seize
24. weird
25. occurrence
26. separate
27. pursue
28. harass
29. aisle
30. minuscule
31. embarrass
32. memento
33. privilege
34. millennium
35. definitely
Medical and scientific words :36. duumvir
37. coccyx
38. phlegm
39. axlotl
40. echidna
41. phthalaldehyde
42. ichthyophthiriidae
Legal Scrabble words:43. zyzzyva
44. syzygy
45. muzjiks
46. nylghaus
47. nudzhes
48. tyiyn
49. hryvnia
Longest words(nobody actually expects to spell these, but they are among the longest actual words)
50. spectrophotofluorometrically
51. anaesthetic
52. desalination
53. otorhinolaryngological
54. immunoelectrophoretically
55. psychophysicotherapeutics
56. thyroparathyroidectomized
57. pneumoencephalographically
58. radioimmunoelectrophoresis
59. psychoneuroendocrinological
60. hepaticocholangiogastrostomy
61. antidisestablishmentarianism
62. floccinaucinihilipilification
63. pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
64. metaphysico-theolo go-cosmonigology
65. praetertranssub stantiationalistically
66. osteosarchaematosplan chnochondroneuromuelous
67. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
68. osseocarnisanguineovis cericartilaginonervomedullary
69. aequeosalinocalcalinoce raceoaluminosocupreovitriolic
(see related links)
There are lots of them out there, but a good one is lagniappe, because it is pronounced 'lan-yap'.
But one of my favorites is: 'hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia', which is, ironically, the fear of long words.
I've always liked 'onomatopoeia' because of the four consecutive vowels at the end of the word.
1) ratiocination
There is a journal article about this apparently. I think that I may be breaching copyright to copy and paste the words though. (1997) The 100 English words most difficult to pronounce. English Phonetics the Journal of the English Phonetic Society of Japan pp 27-59
- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- fairebourtoi
- baccalaureate
- Floccinoccinihilipilification
- ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCYLTH
- baccalaureate
- honorificabilitudinitatibus
- hippopotomonoistrosesqueipedeaophobia (fear of long words!!)
- Pipdiddilyottondottondoodabideetandottontiss
- Schizophrenic
(There is a related link to this exact subject.)
Right at the top of the list would be "misspelled", along with some other common words having letter pairs. Other errors are due to silent vowels or consonants, or words from other languages that retain their original spelling (e.g. hors d'oeuvres, faux).
What are the top 100 hardest words to spell?
What makes a word difficult to spell? This can be several things. A word can be difficult because it has arrived in our English dictionaries from a language very different from our own, like Welsh, Afrikaans, Sanskrit, or others. Because of this, the pronunciation doesn't indicate the spelling. It could have a silent letter, or two, or three. It can be difficult because it has a peculiar double letter, such as aa or ii or kk, etc. So, to pick a list of "the 100 hardest words," we started with a very long list of very difficult words, and we started throwing out words that had some of the same elements of difficulty and we kept culling words. This is, at the very least, a very difficult list of 100 words.
abacaxi
abgesang
abiuret
advocaat
aitch
aloisiite
atlatl
autochthonous
bdelloid
bhagavata
bhikku
bobbejaan
cassioberry
catapleiite
chhatri
chiaroscurist
chihuahua
chlorophyll
chthonic
cixiid
cnemidocoptes
cnidoblast
coelacanth
courtoisie
crwth
ctenii
cywydd
dhole
dvandva
Dzungar
eczema
egueiite
Eichhornia
eudaemonic
fjeld
gnathonic
gneissoid
gnomonic
gnosticize
jharal
Kharijite
khedive
kiekie
kierkegaardian
knaidlach
Kwakiutl
logorrhea
mbira
mlechchha
Myxosporidiida
ngege
ngwee
periscii
pfeffernuss
pfennig
phalaenopsid
phthalein
phthisis
prosciutto
pschent
psephology
pseudaxis
psittaceous
psoriasis
ptarmic
pterodactyl
ptosis
pycnogonid
qiviut
rhathymia
rhotacismus
rijksdaalder
rygbere
sacrilegious
schokker
sforzando
sgabello
shanghaiing
sjambok
soubrette
staphylococci
svedberg
synecdoche
taaffeite
taeniid
takkanah
tchaviche
teonanacatl
tjaele
tsao
Tsingtao
tzigane
Ursprache
vignette
volksraad
vrbaite
weltanschauung
ylem
ytterbium
zuurveldt
zwetschenwasser
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Lets see (Some of them may be easy for you)
anarchistic
assimilate
asymptotic
bougainvillea
borgeoisie
bureaucratic
chauvinism
chutzpah
coalescence
crucifixion
Easy? I think them as intermediate.
Words that sound alike but are spelled differently, like:
pear, peer. Other words are ones that use unusual combinations, such as words using 'qu'. And other difficult words are ones that break usual rules.
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What is the most difficult contraction to spell?
oughtn't
Most difficult word to spell?
There is no specific word that is most difficult to spell for everyone. There are common mistakes that people make on certain words, but it all depends on your language, how experienced you are at reading/writing, if you have even come accross that word before and hundreds of other factors. Having difficulty spelling any specific word depends soley on the person. I might have a lot of difficulty spelling "Wedenesday" while for another that is one of the easiest words out there.Usually words that are hard to spell are those that do not follow any specific pattern, like if it were to be taked from another language.
Do most spell checkers flag inappropriate word usage?
Most spell checkers flag inappropriate spelling only. It does not check grammatical use unless you are using MS Word. Also, it may not flag inappropriate words such as foul language.
What word gives you the most challenge to spell and how do you spell it?
it
What is the decreasing comparative of difficult?
more difficult, most difficult
Do you capitalize English when its in this sentence words in the English language are among the most difficult to learn to spell?
Yes.
What is the most difficult contraction to spell?
oughtn't
How do you spell i am thankfull for my family everyday?
Most words that end that way only have one L, as in this case. The word is spelled Thankful. Helpful, careful and handful are other good examples.
How do you spell the name Mitzi in Greek?
Mitzi is a German name of origin. Unlike everyday words, most names actually cannot be translated. I plugged it into a Greek translator -- it came out as Mitzi.
Most difficult word to spell?
There is no specific word that is most difficult to spell for everyone. There are common mistakes that people make on certain words, but it all depends on your language, how experienced you are at reading/writing, if you have even come accross that word before and hundreds of other factors. Having difficulty spelling any specific word depends soley on the person. I might have a lot of difficulty spelling "Wedenesday" while for another that is one of the easiest words out there.Usually words that are hard to spell are those that do not follow any specific pattern, like if it were to be taked from another language.
Why do teenagers spell words wrong?
most teenagers think it's cool to spell things wrong or are too lazy to do it
You know the correct spelling for the words coast roast and most but how do you spell what goes into a toaster?
bread
What is fancy words for pee?
yuren. Or 'urine', as most people spell it. Another word is 'piss'.
How do you spell spinake?
The most likely words are:spinach - a leafy green vegetablespinnaker - a special type of sail for boats
How many ways can you spell the word 9?
Most English words, such as 'nine,' can be spelled only one way.
How do you spell pig in spanish?
The two most common words for "pig" in Spanish are "cerdo" and "marrano".cerdo, or puerco
What is the word of honor on figure it out?
It's one of the words on the It Board, the most important and most difficult to guess, which, when a panelist guesses, slimes the contestant.
