10 facts about Words

1. Honorificabilitudinitatibus is the longest word in the English language featuring only alternating consonants and vowels.
2. The longest word in English has 189,819 letters and would take you three and a half hours to pronounce correctly! It is the chemical name of Titin.
3. "Subcontinental" is the only word that uses each vowel only once and in reverse alphabetical order.
4. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
5. "The" is the most frequently used word in the English language (used three times in this sentence alone).
6. A "moment" is actually 90 seconds.
7. Mrs. was originally an abbreviation of "mistress," but now is not an abbreviation of anything, except a woman's single lifestyle.
8. "Rhythms" is the longest English word without vowels.
9. The longest one-syllable words are "screeched" and "strengths".
10. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.