English Word Records
Instructions: From the shortest to the most versatile, English words hold some fascinating records. How many of these word record-holders do you know?
- 1.
Which single letter is considered a complete word in English and is also the shortest sentence ('I')?
AIBOCBoth A and IDA - 2.
Which word has the most definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary?
ARunBGetCGoDSet - 3.
What is the most commonly used word in written English?
AABIsCTheDI - 4.
Which is the most commonly used letter in English?
ATBECSDA - 5.
What is the least commonly used letter in English?
AZBJCXDQ - 6.
Which word holds the record for the most consecutive vowels in common English?
AQueueBSequoiaCQueueingDOnomatopoeia - 7.
What is the only common English word that ends in '-mt'?
AExemptBTemptCDreamtDPrompt - 8.
Which English word has the most homonyms (words spelled differently but sounding the same)?
ATo/too/twoBRaise/rays/razeCThere/their/they'reDAir/ere/heir - 9.
What is the longest English word that uses only one vowel (repeated)?
ATwelfthsBCrwthCRhythmsDStrengths - 10.
Which word holds the record for the most meanings as both a noun and a verb?
ABreakBSetCRunDTurn - 11.
What is the shortest word in English that contains all five vowels?
ASequoiaBEducationCFacetiousDEquation - 12.
The word 'set' has approximately how many distinct definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary?
AAbout 430BAbout 100CAbout 600DAbout 200 - 13.
Which is the longest common English word with all letters in reverse alphabetical order?
ATonicBSpongeCSpoonfedDWronged - 14.
What is the most commonly misspelled word in English, according to various studies?
ASeparateBDefinitelyCAccommodateDNecessary - 15.
Which English word can be pronounced in two different ways to mean two different things, and has the most common usage?
ALeadBLiveCTearDRead