Multigrams
Words that contain a letter several times


In English, it's poSSible for a leTTer to oCCur twice in a row, but, except for contrived compound words, a triple consecutive occurrence just doesn't happen.

But it's not clear at all if there is a limit to how many times a letter can occur somewhere in a word, if we don't insist on the occurrences being consecutive. For every letter from A to Z, can you find a word that contains that letter three times? Four? More?

LetterThriceQuadsQuintsSextsSepts
AbananaAppalachian   
Bbobbybubbybush   
Ccoccyxscacchiccircumcrescence  
Ddaddydiddled   
Eepeedefenselesstelemetered defenselessness
Ffluffriffraff   
Ggigglegiggling   
Hhashishthymolsulphonephthalein   
Iinvisibleindivisible indivisibilityindivisibilities
Jjijjinjejunojejunostomy   
Kkakarikiknickknack   
Llullhillbillyalloplastically  
Mmummymummydom   
Nnannyunintentionally   
Oovolovoodoo monogonoporous 
Ppoppywhippersnapper   
QQaraqalpaq    
Rerrorrearrangerferriprotoporphyrin  
Ssasssassespossessionspossessionless 
Ttattytattletale   
Uunusualmuumuu   
Vviva-voceovoviviparous   
Wwowwingpowwowwing   
Xhexahydroxycyclohexane    
Ysyzygydacryocystosyringotomy   
Zzizzrazzmatazz   


Last modified on 04 May 2006.