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Do you know what the longest word in the English language is?
Contrary to popular belief, it is notsupercalifragilisticexpialidocious, no matter how fun it is to pronounce in song.
In fact, it only ranks third on the list.
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Instead, the actual word is significantly less cheery.
Surprisingly, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis didn’t even start out as a legitimate word.
If you have no idea how to say pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, you’re not alone.
The 19-syllable word can be extremely difficult to pronounce, even for native English speakers.
Curious about what other English words rank in terms of length?
Ironically enough, one of these wordshippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobiais actually the fear of long words.
