World’s longest word takes 3.5 hours to pronounce (2024)

World’s longest word takes 3.5 hours to pronounce (1)

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ESQUIRE, RUSSIA – If someone says they’d like to have a word with you, make sure it’s not this one!

It’s the longest word in English and if you want to hear it, click on theviral video found on YouTubeof a guy pronouncing the word. A word of warning… the “word” takes about 3.5 hours to say.

The word is 189,819 letters long. It’s actually the name of a giant protein called Titin. Proteins are usually named by mashing-up the names of the chemicals making them. And since Titin is the largest protein ever discovered, its name had to be equally as large.

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