2007-01-23 01:48:57 · 5 answers · asked by [Y]ankumi 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
richard, if I count correctly, 'pneumonoultramicroscopic- silicovolcanoconiosis' has only 9 different consonants (not 11)
A few words have 10 different consonants. The shortest is 'uncopyrightables' (16 letters, 10 consonants, all different), if you consider that to be a 'word'. Otherwise, you have to go all the way up to 'radioimmunoelectrophoresis' (26 letters, 10 different consonants: r d m n l c t p h s).
2007-01-23 03:57:34 · answer #1 · answered by K ; 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longest word in the English language -- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis -- has 45 letters, 25 of them consonants, and 11 different consonants at that.
2007-01-23 02:15:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alphabet, because it contains all of the consonant letters.
2007-01-23 01:58:24 · answer #3 · answered by mandm 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure but the word "strengths" is the longest I have found with only a single vowel
2007-01-23 01:58:53 · answer #4 · answered by wyzrdofahs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supercalafrajalisticexpealadoseous? lol :)
2007-01-23 02:03:54 · answer #5 · answered by lilyg03 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋