Interesting Facts about English Language

• "Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

• Of all the words in the English language, the word ' set ' has the most definitions!

• On reversing the words they spell the same: “Malayalam”, “Liril” and “Madam”.

• “Stewardesses” is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

• No word in the English language rhymes with month.

• "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

• "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."

• Only 3 words in the English language end in "ceed": "proceed," "exceed," and "succeed."

• Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words.

• The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultra-microscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

• "Widow" is the only female form in the English language that is shorter than its corresponding male term ("widower").

• No language has more synonyms than English.

• The most common letters in English are R S T L N E.

• "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

• The only word in English dictionary that sums up exactly 100 is “attitude”.

• The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet.

• The longest one syllable word in the English language is “screeched”.

• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.

• "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."

• "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.

• "Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.

The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used.

• There is only one word in the English language with thee consecutive pairs of double letter.... Bookkeeper.

• There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

• There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein.

• A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".

• A dot over the letter “i” is called a TITTLE.

• No words in the English language rhyme with orange, silver or purple.

• The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."

• There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

• There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

• The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

• Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".

• The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "fear of Friday the 13th". It also means "superstition about the number thirteen" in general.

• More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.

• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

• "Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.

• There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: "indivisibility."

• The shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is the word "almost."

• The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used.

• Out of all the eight letter words in the English language, only one has only one vowel in it: "strength".

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