Words with lots of Ls and Rs

[Haribo Icecream]

Hi everyone, I'm newish here :)

I'm writing a story (duhh lol), and part of it needs at least three long English words with lots of Ls and Rs, and I could only think of [b]parallelogram[b], any more? :)

[Elgaisma]

Set it in Wales lol you will have no bother.

Reverberate
loveliness
Revelry
Rivalry

[Gannon]

I'm guessing you're from the Orient.

Is "horological" any good to you?

[Haribo Icecream]

Set it in Wales lol you will have no bother.

Haha ;)


I'm guessing you're from the Orient.
What makes you say that ;)

[mammamaia]

do you need them to have 'lots of r's and l's in the same word?

[Haribo Icecream]

do you need them to have 'lots of r's and l's in the same word?

If possible yeaaahh :)

[Mallory]

Recalcitrantly
Reluctantly
Reversibly (or Irreversibly)
Really
Drearily
Clearly

[Haribo Icecream]

Thanks everyone! :)

[JTheGreat]

Rabblerouser? If I may ask, why do you need these words? Just curious, as always ;).

[mammamaia]

i haven't seen a single suggestion yet that contains 'lots' of both letters... or even more than one of both in the same word, with only one exception that had 2 of each, but not 'lots' or even 3...

makes me wonder if such a word actually exists in english...

[Elgaisma]

There is always this although technically it is Welsh and not English ;)

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch

[PurpleCandle]

Lolly
Literally
Lull
Loll
Lilly
polysyllabically
Loyally
Lillyput
Willfully
Error
Rarer
Roarer
Arrears
Regressor
squirrelled
riffraff
lillypilly
lulliloo
floccinaucinihilipilification

[evelon]

Hi everyone, I'm newish here :)

I'm writing a story (duhh lol), and part of it needs at least three long English words with lots of Ls and Rs, and I could only think of [b]parallelogram[b], any more? :)


parallelepipedon




I got this from www.rhymezone.com

I just put in the letters 'para', there's a drop down box with options, choose the 'match letters' option and you'll get a list with loads.

Its a good site, rhyming dictionary, thesaurus, dictionary. I find it very useful.

[art]

Corollary.

Not the sort of word you like to happen upon when reading out aloud. It seems to contain all the potential for mischief-making that the old 'red lorry, yellow lorry' toungue twister does.

[mammamaia]

thing is, the op wants words with 'lots' of both l's and r's in the same english word...

and i'm still not seeing a single one that does... even the one he found [parallelogram]doesn't fit, since it has only 2 r's...

[PurpleCandle]

thing is, the op wants words with 'lots' of both l's and r's in the same english word...

and i'm still not seeing a single one that does... even the one he found [parallelogram]doesn't fit, since it has only 2 r's...

I have searched and most of the words that fit the bill would be nearly impossible to fit into a story. Most of them are things like chemical names or scientific related stuff. And even then, those words only have a lot of r's and l's because they have a lot of letters to begin with, 20+ letters.

I question the purpose of the assignment, seems like busy work.

[Trilby]

I think this thread is a lost cause - sorry

[Spacer]

makes me wonder if such a word actually exists in english...

Since the OP still hasn't found one he likes, let me point out that it's possible to get a complete list. I did something similar in looking for words with particular features for handwriting drills.

You can find a list that purports to be all the English words, one per line.

A simple Perl script will cull that to a short list of words that have multiple Ls and Rs. In fact, you could do it on one line:

C:\directory> perl -ne"print if tr/l/l/ >=2 && tr/r/r/ >=2"

[Haribo Icecream]

I have searched and most of the words that fit the bill would be nearly impossible to fit into a story [...]
Au contrare :D The context simply needs to word to exist and at least be semi-pronouncable :p


Since the OP still hasn't found one he likes[...]
Ohh no I've seen plenty actually :) I've not got to the bit where I need them yet in my writing, I've been a bit lax as of late, but when I've used the ones I like I'll quote each one with a thank you :cool: