2006-08-04 05:12:04 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
This might qualify:
The longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8
Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenyl-
alanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamyl-
gycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonyl-
leucylglycylaspartylprolylglycyllisoleucylglutamylglutaminyl-
serylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl-
glutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucyl-
glycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucyl-
alanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl-
alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl-
glycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanyl-
glutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyl-
lysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl-
leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanyl-
asparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyl-
tyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl-
aspartylsrylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalyl-
glutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminyl-
alanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanyl-
prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartyl-
alanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminyl-
isoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyl-
tyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycyl-
alanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylleucyllysyl-
glutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminyl-
glycylphenylalanylglysylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminyl-
valyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanyl-
glycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucyl-
isoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamyl-
prolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenyl-
alanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginy-
lserine.
Did you spot my delibarate spelling mistake? Check the word again.
2006-08-04 05:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Robert Heckendorn's List of Hard to Spell Words
There are over 1000. Here are a few:
Austrailia Australia
Checkoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Conneticut Connecticut
Febewary February
Presbaterian Presbyterian
Tootonic Teutonic
Tusday Tuesday
Wendsday Wednesday
abanden abandon
abizmal abysmal
abriviate abbreviate
abscound abscond
absorbant absorbent
absorbtion absorption
abstanence abstinence
abundence abundance
repatwar repertoire
repertwar repertoire
repetoire repertoire
replentish replenish
repore rapport
resivwar reservoir
responsiblity responsibility
resposible responsible
ressapee recipe
restraunt restaurant
Words to the left are the misspelled words
2006-08-04 05:54:33 · answer #2 · answered by landkm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English is great when it comes to silly spellings, the sort that you could never ever guess simply from hearing the word being spoken aloud.
Some words have silent letters, like damn, or psychology, and others are just plain confusing, like bass the instrument, bass the fish and base as in bottom (that must really screw foreigners up)
When it comes to stupidity though, queue must take the first prize because it is pointless... why the ue? followed by the English name Cholmondeley (and no, it is not said that way).
2006-08-04 05:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by HP 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's a book about spelling called Accommodating Broccoli in the Cemetery because apparently those are the three hardest.
I'm a good speller but have trouble with dependent and independent.
I don't usually spell-check but I will now!
(Oh geez, glad I did. I got broccoli right.)
2006-08-04 07:31:27 · answer #4 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to get confused when spelling necessary. That was until somebody told me it's Never Eat Cress Eat Salad Sandwiches And Remain Young!
2006-08-04 08:00:42 · answer #5 · answered by gymcoach81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supercalifragilisticexpialido cious is a pretty hard word for some folks. But so are smaller ones like vacuum and rhythm.
2006-08-04 05:15:57 · answer #6 · answered by Molly M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hepaticocholangiocholecystenterostomies - I had to learn to spell it for a medical exam.
2006-08-04 05:19:58 · answer #7 · answered by AMY S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the hardest word to spell is the word that is hard to pronounce ..... in other words the harder the pronounciation the harder it's spelling
2006-08-04 05:16:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try saying fastly chipsy shwepss just 5 times >:-)
2006-08-04 05:16:31 · answer #9 · answered by Diablous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HEY! Feudalserfer! Get a life!
lol
2006-08-04 05:18:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋