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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Which word takes 3 hours to say?

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 is the longest 1 word?

The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis.

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What word has all 5 vowels?

EUNOIA is the shortest word in English which has all five vowels.

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What's the shortest word in the human dictionary?

One letter is the shortest possible word. Examples are: the article, a, and the pronoun, I. Many languages have words that are only one letter long. For example, English has three one-letter words: A, I, and O.

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What is the shortest word?

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What word has no vowels but Y?

Almost every 5-letter word with no vowels in English contains at least one Y. In fact, there are only five words on this list without a Y. Crwth and cwtch are Welsh words that English has adopted. Grrrl and grrls are slang words, and phpht is a commonly accepted onomatopoeic word.

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What word has no vowels?

Shh, psst, and hmm do not have vowels, either vowel symbols or vowel sounds. There is some controversy whether they are in fact “words,” however.

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Is there any word without vowels?

The words without vowels are why, hmm, hymn, xlnt, wynd, myths, thy, dry, cyst, etc.

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What is the most beautiful word in the world?

The Top 10 Most Beautiful English Words
  1. 1 Sequoia (n.) (A seven-letter word that has the letter Q and all five vowels)
  2. 2 Euphoria (n.) A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness. ...
  3. 3 Pluviophile (n.) ...
  4. 4 Clinomania (n.) ...
  5. 5 Idyllic (adj.) ...
  6. 6 Aurora (n.) ...
  7. 7 Solitude (n.) ...
  8. 8 Supine (adj.) ...

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What word has 52 letters?

Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic. This is the longest word in English which is composed of seven words. This 52-letter word was coined by Dr. Edward Strother to describe the spa waters in Bath, England.

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What is the 2 longest word ever?

14 of the Longest Words in English
  1. 1 Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (forty-five letters): ...
  2. 2 Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (thirty letters): ...
  3. 3 Floccinaucinihilipilification (twenty-nine letters): ...
  4. 4 Antidisestablishmentarianism (twenty-eight letters):

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What is the 189 819 letter word?

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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What word has 183 letters?

The longest word in the English language, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, won primary school speller Jemimah Elise Sampson, the East Coast Radio's Last Kid Standing title, as seen in the video below published by the East Coast Radio.

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What word that has 7 letters?

Some of the most popular words of this length include THROUGH, PICTURE, and COUNTRY. If you play word games through your workday, you may discover an upset employer.

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What is the world's longest name?

How Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth Williams Got Her Name. Basically, her mother had two main reasons for naming her the longest name in the world: She wanted to set a Guinness record. She wanted her daughter to have a name unlike anyone else in the world.

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Is Dr a word?

Dr. is a written abbreviation for Doctor. ...

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What word has all 7 vowels?

However, it is not included in any major English dictionary. There are several seven-letter words containing all the vowels, including SEQUOIA, EULOGIA, MIAOUED, ADOULIE, EUCOSIA, EUNOMIA, EUTOPIA, MOINEAU, and DOULEIA. The relatively common French word OISEAU (meaning bird) contains all five vowels, once each.

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Why y is not a vowel?

Typically, y represents a consonant when it starts off a word or syllable, as in yard, lawyer, or beyond. Technically, this sound of \y\ is considered a semivowel or glide, which is a less prominent vowel speech sound that occurs in the articulation of two consecutive vowel sounds unequal in prominence.

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Are there 7 vowels?

The alphabet is made up of 26 letters, 5 of which are vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and the rest of which are consonants. A vowel is a sound that is made by allowing breath to flow out of the mouth, without closing any part of the mouth or throat.

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What words end in ph 5 letters?

5 Letter Words That End With PH
  • khaph.
  • humph.
  • lymph.
  • nymph.
  • bumph.
  • glyph.
  • sylph.
  • morph.

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What words only have y as a vowel?

Sly Y's to Watch Out For
  • Byrl: Scrabble score: 9 | Words With Friends score: 10.
  • Drys: Scrabble score: 8 | Words With Friends score: 7.
  • Gymp: Scrabble score: N/A | Words With Friends score: 14.
  • Myrrh: Scrabble score: 13 | Words With Friends score: 12.
  • Scry: Scrabble score: 9 | Words With Friends score: 9.

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What are lazy vowels?

The schwa is also known as the lazy vowel because your mouth barely has to open to make the sound, and it's a weak sound. In some words, it's so weak we barely hear it, such as in the words 'interest' and 'chocolate'.

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Is the y in lazy a vowel?

Schwa – The Lazy Sound

Schwa is related to the short vowel sounds because it can be spelled by any of them, including the semi-vowel 'y'. I like to refer to it as the 'lazy' vowel cousin.

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How many 5 letter words are there?

The Free Dictionary lists more than 158,000 words with five letters. The the Official Scrabble Dictionary (which allows some pretty obscure five-letter words), puts the number at about 9,000.

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