What's the longest monosyllabic word? And disyllabic?
Another question on the site made me take notice that through is monosyllabic, but quite long. Are there longer monosyllabic words? What's the longest disyllabic word in English?
Edit: so, Wikipedia has a page for monosyllabic words, but none for disyllabic ones. Anyone can think of any long disyllabic example?
Solution 1:
From Wikipedia:
Strengths is the longest word in the English language containing only one vowel.
Rhythms is the longest word in the English language containing none of the five recognised vowels.
Schmaltzed and strengthed appear to be the longest monosyllabic words recorded in OED; but if squirrelled is pronounced as one syllable only (as permitted in SOED for squirrel), it is the longest.
This Wikipedia article suggests that schtroumpfed is the longest; however, it's really a stretch to say this is an English word in any even remotely established sense (and I am definitely not strict in the words I would consider to be "part of" a language).
Solution 2:
Strengths is a nine-lettered monosyllable. And it is compulsory to mention that smiles has one mile between the two S's...
Solution 3:
http://braingle.com/news/hallfame.php?path=language/english/pronunciation/syllable.p&sol=1 gives "scratchbrushed" (14 letters) as the longest 2-syllable word. A more common word is "breakthroughs" (13 letters).
If you allow hyphens, perhaps "straight-stretched" (17 letters) is acceptable.
Solution 4:
Scraunched Scroonched Strengthed