Examples are "brunch" (breakfast + lunch) "motel" (motorcar + hotel) and "guesstimate" (guess + estimate). Many new words enter the English language in this way.
A word formed by joining together parts of existing words is called a "blend" (or, less commonly, a "portmanteau word").
The only word in English that ends with the letters "-mt" is "dreamt" (which is a variant spelling of "dreamed") - as well of course as "undreamt" :).
The following sentence contains all 26 letters of the alphabet: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." This sentence is often used to test typewriters or keyboards.
A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".
The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once.
noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).
A preposition is always followed by a noun (i.e.
More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.
This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".
The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13".
Other such words, like "sweet-toothed", require a hyphen to be readily readable.
The word "bookkeeper" (along with its associate "bookkeeping") is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters.
Only two English words in current use end in "-gry".
Every syllable in English must have a vowel (sound).
The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".
The most common vowel in English is "e", followed by "a".