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Longest word in English

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The identity of the longest word in English depends upon the definition of what constitutes a word in the English language, as well as how length should be compared. In addition to words derived naturally from the language's roots (without any known intentional invention), English allows new words to be formed by coinage and construction; place names may be considered words; technical terms may be arbitrarily long. Length may be understood in terms of orthography and number of written letters, or (less commonly) phonology and the number of phonemes.

Word Letters Characteristics Dispute

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine   189,819 Chemical name of titin, the largest known protein Technical; not in dictionary; disputed whether it is a word

Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano...pterygon        183 Longest word coined by a major author[1] Coined; not in dictionary; Greek transliteration

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis             45 Longest word in a major dictionary[2] Technical; coined to be the longest word

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism                            30 Longest non-coined word in a major dictionary[3] Technical

Floccinaucinihilipilification                             29 Longest nontechnical word Coined

Antidisestablishmentarianism                              28 Longest non-coined and nontechnical word

Honorificabilitudinitatibus                               27 Longest word in Shakespeare's works Latin