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.Length may be understood in terms of orthography and number of written letters, or (less commonly) phonology and the number of phonemes.
Letters = 189,819
Characteristics= Chemical name of titin, the largest known protein
Dispute = Technical; not in dictionary; disputed whether it is a word
Word = Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamyl...serine
Letters = 1,909
Characteristics= Longest published word
Dispute = Technical
Word = Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano...pterygon
Letters = 183
Characteristics= Longest word coined by a major author, the longest word ever to appear in literature.
Dispute = Coined; not in dictionary; Ancient Greek transliteration
Word = Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Letters = 45
Characteristics = Longest word in a major dictionary
Dispute = Technical; coined to be the longest word
Word = Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Letters = 34
Characteristics = Famous for being created for the Mary Poppins film and musical
Dispute = Coined
Word = Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
Letters = 30
Characteristics = Longest non-coined word in a major dictionary
Dispute = Technical
Word = Floccinaucinihilipilification
Letters = 29
Characteristics = Longest unchallenged nontechnical word
Dispute = Coined
Word = Antidisestablishmentarianism
Letters = 28
Characteristics = Longest non-coined and nontechnical word
Dispute =
Word = Honorificabilitudinitatibus
Letters = 27
Characteristics= Longest word in Shakespeare's works;
longest word in the English language featuring alternating consonants and vowels.
Dispute =
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