A semi-technical term for a difficult WORD of foreign origin
: for example, azimuth, hierophant, munificence, perigee, Vedanta. Early English dictionaries, especially in the 17c, that explained such exotic words by means of everyday words, came to be known as hard-word dictionaries.
What are some hard words?
- Literally. If you know a language purist, watch out. …
- Ironic. …
- Irregardless (instead of regardless) …
- Whom. …
- Colonel. …
- Nonplussed. …
- Disinterested. …
- Enormity.
What is the meaning of hard word?
1
A harsh or unkind word or
(in early use) utterance; an insult; a reprimand. … 2A word which is difficult to understand or spell. In early use also: †a statement which is difficult to interpret (obsolete).
What is the hardest word in English?
- Rural. …
- Sixth. …
- Sesquipedalian. …
- Phenomenon. …
- Onomatopoeia. …
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. …
- Worcestershire.
What is a hard word to spell?
- Misspell. Let the misspelling begin with the misspelled word misspell. …
- Pharaoh. This misspelled word falls into the error category of ‘you spell it like it sounds’. …
- Weird. Fear the confusing power of the’ I before E’! …
- Intelligence. …
- Pronunciation. …
- Handkerchief. …
- logorrhea. …
- Chiaroscurist.
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 the hardest word to say?
- Rural.
- Otorhinolaryngologist.
- Colonel.
- Penguin.
- Sixth.
- Isthmus.
- Anemone.
- Squirrel.
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’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 are the 10 most mispronounced words?
- Pacifically instead of specifically – 35%
- Probly instead of probably – 28%
- Expresso instead of espresso – 26%
- Specially instead of especially – 25%
- Artick instead of arctic – 19%
- Nu-cu-lar instead of nuclear – 19%
- Tenderhooks instead of tenterhooks – 18%
What word has all 26 letters in it?
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”.
What is the world’s longest word?
Major dictionaries
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.
What are the 100 most misspelled words?
| correct spelling notes misspelling | achieve i before e acheive | across one c accross | aggressive -gg- agressive | apparently -ent- apparantly |
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What is the misspelt word?
Misspelt is defined as
you spelled a word incorrectly
. When you wrote down a word with an incorrect spelling, this is an example of a time when you misspelt the word.
What is the hardest spelling bee word?
- Albumen. Year: 1928. Pronunciation: al-BYOO-mun. …
- Foulard. Year: 1931. Pronunciation: foo-LARD. …
- Semaphore. Year: 1946. Pronunciation: SEM-uh-fohr. …
- Insouciant. Year: 1951. …
- Soubrette. Year: 1953. …
- Schappe. Year: 1957. …
- Smaragdine. Year: 1961. …
- Esquamulose. Year: 1962.
