English Language Facts Quiz

A new word is added to the dictionary

The shortest, oldest, and most commonly used word is ...

Believe it or not, there are some words that appeared in the dictionary because of printing errors. The nonexistent word “dord” appeared in the dictionary for eight years in the mid-20th century. It became known as a ...

There’s a name for words that we repeat often. They are called ...

All pilots have to identify themselves and speak in English while flying, regardless of their origin, so English is called ....

The word “girl” was not initially used to refer to a specific gender. It used to mean ... (2 answers)

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (*breath*) is ...... word in English.

No language has more ...... that English.

The most common used letters in English are R, S, T, L, N, and ....

No word in the English language rhymes with ....

In approximately how many countries does the English language have official or special status?

Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world?

Roughly what proportion of the world's population is fluent or competent in English?