What Are Some Hard Words?

by | Last updated on January 24, 2024

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  • Literally. If you know a language purist, watch out. …
  • Ironic. …
  • Irregardless (instead of regardless) …
  • Whom. …
  • Colonel. …
  • Nonplussed. …
  • Disinterested. …
  • Enormity.

What is the hardest word ever?

  • Weird. …
  • Intelligence. …
  • Pronunciation. …
  • Handkerchief. …
  • logorrhea. …
  • Chiaroscurist. …
  • Pochemuchka. A Russian term used when a person asks too many questions. …
  • Gobbledegook. Gobbledegook is incoherent babbling in a fashion that makes no sense amounting to random words and noises to your listeners.

What is the 10 vocabulary words?

  • Atrocity.
  • Fanatical.
  • Pensive.
  • Respite.
  • Discordant.
  • Eloquent.
  • Encompass.
  • Imperceptible.

What are the 10 difficult words?

  • 1) cemetery. Many language learners think, there is an “a”, but there isn’t! …
  • 2) rhythm. This is a difficult word in English (and in many other languages). …
  • 3) liaison. …
  • 4) harass. …
  • 5) pronunciation. …
  • 6) weird. …
  • 7) millennium. …
  • 8) recommend.

What are the 20 difficult words?

  • Colonel.
  • Worcestershire.
  • Mischievous.
  • Draught.
  • Quinoa.
  • Onomatopoeia.
  • Scissors.
  • Anemone.

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.

What are the 5 longest words?

  • Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) …
  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters) …
  • Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) …
  • Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters) …
  • Antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters) …
  • Honorificabilitudinitatibus (27 letters)

What is a tricky word?

Tricky words are

those words which cannot be sounded out easily

. Emergent readers may find them difficult to read as they have not yet learned some of the Graphemes in those words.

Which language is hardest to learn?

  1. Mandarin. Number of native speakers: 1.2 billion. …
  2. Icelandic. Number of native speakers: 330,000. …
  3. 3. Japanese. Number of native speakers: 122 million. …
  4. Hungarian. Number of native speakers: 13 million. …
  5. Korean. …
  6. Arabic. …
  7. Finnish. …
  8. Polish.

What are the new words in 2020?

  • 2020 (verb): When you bugger things up beyond belief. …
  • Coronacoaster (noun): The ups and downs of your mood during the pandemic. …
  • Coronials (n): Babies produced after a year of lockdown. …
  • Covidiot (n): A person with their brains in their bum when it comes to COVID-19 safety.

What are the 10 new words?

  • Stan. Meaning: An extremely excessively enthusiastic and devoted fan (stalker-fan).
  • Nomophobia. Meaning: Fear or worry at the idea of being without your phone or unable to use it.
  • Peoplekind. …
  • Bottle episode. …
  • Carbon sink. …
  • Buzzy. …
  • Sober-curious. …
  • Permaculture.

What are the 1000 most common words in English?

  • be – “Will you be my friend?”
  • and – “You and I will always be friends.”
  • of – “Today is the first of November.”
  • a – “I saw a bear today.”
  • in – “She is in her room.”
  • to – “Let’s go to the park.”
  • have – “I have a few questions.”
  • too – “I like her too.”

What is the hardest word to define?

Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and the author of “Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries,” took four months to define the word “god.” Following is a transcript of the video. … Ooh!

What are the hardest words to spell?

  • misspell.
  • nausea.
  • pterodactyl.
  • necessary.
  • tomorrow.
  • conscience.
  • bourgeois.
  • broccoli.

What’s the most beautiful word in the world?


“Cellar Door”

One of the most famous theories comes from Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, who proposed in a 1955 speech that “cellar door” is the most beautiful word (or phrase) in the English language.

What is the shortest word?


Eunoia

, at six letters long, is the shortest word in the English language that contains all five main vowels. Seven letter words with this property include adoulie, douleia, eucosia, eulogia, eunomia, eutopia, miaoued, moineau, sequoia, and suoidea. (The scientific name iouea is a genus of Cretaceous fossil sponges.)

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Amira Khan is a philosopher and scholar of religion with a Ph.D. in philosophy and theology. Amira's expertise includes the history of philosophy and religion, ethics, and the philosophy of science. She is passionate about helping readers navigate complex philosophical and religious concepts in a clear and accessible way.