List of the longest English words with one syllable

This is a list of candidates for the longest English word of one syllable, i.e. monosyllables with the most letters. A list of 9,123 English monosyllables published in 1957 includes three ten-letter words: scraunched, scroonched, and squirreled.[1] Guinness World Records lists scraunched and strengthed.[2] Other sources include words as long or longer. Some candidates are questionable on grounds of spelling, pronunciation, or status as obsolete, nonstandard, proper noun, loanword, or nonce word. Thus, the definition of longest English word with one syllable is somewhat subjective, and there is no single unambiguously correct answer.

  1. ^ Moser, Henry M. (June 1957). Dreher, John J.; Oyer, Herbert J. (eds.). One-syllable words (Report). Technical report. Vol. 53. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Research Foundation. OCLC 878346994.; cited in PMC (1978). Albert Ross Eckler (ed.). "Review: English monosyllables". Word Ways. 11–12. Indianapolis: 118.
  2. ^ "Longest monosyllabic English words". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

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