Actually, as neat as it would be, the answer is NOT "typewriter"
The longest words are TWELVE letters long (see below).
But looking a "typewriter" for a moment. If this WERE the "longest word" at 10 letters, it would be tied with these common words:
perpetuity, proprietor, repertoire
And also with these rarer words -- all of which you'll find listed at
http://dictionary.reference.com/
pepperroot, pepperwort, pirouetter, prerequire, pretorture, tetterwort
But there are also 11 and 12-letter words.
The only one of these that is common/familiar is "teetertotter" (though some dismiss it because it is often spelled with a hyphen)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English#Words_with_certain_characteristics_of_notable_length
But here are others, both listed at dictionary.com
11 letters: rupturewort
12 letters: proterotype
The following link, and others like it written to answer your very question, lists many of the words above, as well as another 10-letter word --"repetitory"-- and two more 12-letter word:
pituitotrope, uropyoureter
http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words8.html
(It also lists the 10-letter word "pewterwort", but I think that's a typo for "peterwort")
2007-06-13 06:12:47
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