How well do you know the English language? Whether or not you are a native speaker, take this quiz to find out – and enjoy a good opportunity to learn a few funny vocabulary facts at the same time.

1. What is Los Angeles’ full name?

• El Pueblo de Nuestra Madre la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciuncula
• El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciuncula
• La Ciudad de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciuncula
• La Ciudad de Nuestra Madre la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciuncula
• Most often referred to by its initials, L.A.’s full name is actually El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciuncula, which means The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the Porciúncula River.

2. Without rearranging any of its letters, how many words are contained in the word “therein”?

• 6
• 8
• 10
• 12
• 10 words are contained in the word “therein”: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

3. In how many different ways can you pronounce “ough”?

• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• You can pronounce “ough” in 9 different ways. The following sentence contains them all: ''A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.''

4. What is the peculiarity of the word “uncopyrightable”?

• It does not have any synonym
• It does not have any antonym
• It is the longest non-scientific word in the English language
• It is the longest word that can be spelled without repeating a letter
• Uncopyrightable is the longest word that can be spelled without repeating a letter; it means “ineligible for copyright”.

5. Which word does not belong in this series?

• Facetious
• Capricious
• Arsenious
• Abstemious
• Facetious, arsenious and abstemious are the 3 words in the English language that contain all vowels in the correct order: a, e, i, o, u.

6. The most common letter in English is:

• E
• A
• T
• O
• “E” is the most common letter in the English language with a relative frequency of 12.702%, the letter “a” is a close second with a relative frequency of 8.167%.

7. “a” is the most common letter in:

• French
• Portuguese
• German
• Spanish
• The letter “a” has a relative frequency of 14.634% in Portuguese, the letter “e” only has a 12.570% frequency. In French, German and Spanish, “e” is the most common letter with a relative frequency of respectively 14.715%, 16.396% and 12.181%.

8. “e” is the most common letter in:

• Turkish
• Polish
• Finnish
• Swedish
• The letter “e” has a relative frequency of 10.149% in Swedish, the letter “a” only has a 9.383% frequency. In Turkish, Polish and Finnish, “a” is the most common letter with a relative frequency of respectively 12.920%, 10.503% and 12.217%.

9. Which of the following words is not misspelled?

• Sweettoothed
• Bookkeeper
• Wheelerdealer
• Narrowminded
• The correct spellings are “sweet-toothed”, “wheeler-dealer” and “narrow-minded”. “Bookkeeper” is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters.

10. What does ''paraskevidekatriaphobia'' mean?

• Fear of Friday the 13th
• Extreme fear of the number 13
• Fear of the number 666
• Fear of cemeteries
• Paraskevidekatriaphobia (it can also be spelled “paraskavedekatriaphobia”) is the fear of Friday the 13th. It comes from Ancient Greek Παρασκευή (Paraskeuḗ, “Friday”) and δεκατρείς (dekatreís, “thirteen”) associated to the suffix –phobia, φόβος (phóbos) meaning fear. The fear of the number 13 is called Triskaidekaphobia. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear of the number 666 and Coimetrophobia the fear of cemeteries.