What English word has the most vowels in it?

Answer 1

Depends on which words you count.

Either:
1) pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
which has 20 vowels

OR
2) If you allow place names, there is a hill in New Zealand whose name has 45 vowels (divided at the hyphens so the whole thing will display!):
Taumatawhakatang-
­ihangakoauauot-­a
mateaturipukaka-
­pikimaunga-­horonuku-­
pokaiwhenuak-
­itanatahu

Answer 2

Supercalafragilisticexspialo dotious (16 Vowels)

(Even Though The Sound Of It Is Something Quite Attrotious)

It's From An English Movie (Mary Poppins) And It's In the New Oxford Dictionary (Amongst Others) Along With The Word "PYTHONESQUE" Relating To The Type Of Comedy Immortalised In the Monty Python Movies. (This Word Was Accepted 7 Years Ago And The Supercala word was accepted 17 years ago.

Answer 3

The only word I can thank of is Sequoia and it has all the vowels in it. Now if you want the longest word it might be counterrevolutionaries which has 11 vowels in it, then there are words like cooeeing, miaoued, and queuing that have a number of vowels in a row.

Answer 4

Do you mean the most vowels? or the most vowels to consonants ratio? Well if you mean the first, then it's probably just the longest word! haha.

Answer 5

maybe supercalifragelisticexpialidocious because it is the longest word? 16 vowels!

Answer 6

the indefinite atricle "a" - 100% vowels

Answer 7

A little used word originating in Suffolk in the 17th Century.......
Aeiouaeiouaeiou....definition, the cry of an Ostler(Inn keeper) in discovering his best friend deeply entrenched in his wife.

Answer 8

onomatopoeia
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1) - Cite This Source new!
on‧o‧mat‧o‧poe‧ia  /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiə, ‑ˌmɑtə‑/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh, ‑mah-tuh‑] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun 1. the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
2. a word so formed.
3. Rhetoric. the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical effect.


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[Origin: 1570–80; < LL < Gk onomatopoiía making of words = onomato- (comb. form of ónoma name) + poi- (s. of poieîn to make; see poet) + -ia -ia]

—Related forms
on‧o‧mat‧o‧poe‧ic, on‧o‧mat‧o‧po‧et‧ic /ˌɒnəˌmætəpoʊˈɛtɪk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[on-uh-mat-uh-poh-et-ik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, adjective
on‧o‧mat‧o‧poe‧i‧cal‧ly, on‧o‧mat‧o‧po‧et‧i‧cal‧ly, adverb

Answer 9

sequoia- like the giant tree in the california national forest.

Answer 10

I'd imagine something mostly Hawaiian. Do you want something more strictly of European/Anglo-Saxon origin?