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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Here is what GPT 4 says:

Me: What is the longest 5-letter word?

ChatGPT:

The concept of the "longest" 5-letter word can be interpreted in two ways:

  1. If "longest" refers to the physical length of the word (how it is pronounced), then it can vary based on different accents and languages. However, in English, five-letter words with a large number of syllables such as "queue" or "eerie" might be considered.

  2. If "longest" refers to the word with the most definitions or uses, it's hard to definitively state which 5-letter word that would be, but "round" and "sound" are examples of five-letter words with a large number of definitions and uses.

It's also important to note that in English, all 5-letter words contain the same number of letters and would, therefore, have the same length if written in the same font and size.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

words with a large number of syllables such as “queue” or “eerie” might be considered.

Lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

ChatGPT doesn't know about variable width