Correction for Letters in the Longest English Word

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How much is 665?

It's about one-three-hundredth the number of Letters in the Longest English Word

The count of Letters in the Longest English Word is about 189,819.

The longest word in the English language (although somewhat disputed) is a chemical name for the substance connectin, made up of 189,819 letters (). The longest word found in most dictionaries, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, has just 45 letters.

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