The Longest Anagrams in English (Including Ones You Know)
The longest single-word anagrams in our dictionary have 15 letters: pairs like ALGORITHMICALLY and LOGARITHMICALLY, and ELECTROMAGNETIC and MAGNETOELECTRIC. Among everyday words, the longest pair is CONSERVATION and CONVERSATION, with 12 letters each.
Key facts
- 15 letters is the maximum in our word list, and ten pairs reach it.
- CONSERVATION / CONVERSATION is the longest pair of common words (12 letters).
- Common 11-letter pairs include DESCRIPTION / PREDICTIONS and IMPRESSIONS / PERMISSIONS.
- Long anagrams are rare: only about 1.5% of words with 12 or more letters have one.
The 15-letter pairs
| Pair |
|---|
| ALGORITHMICALLY / LOGARITHMICALLY |
| ATTENTIVENESSES / TENTATIVENESSES |
| AUTORADIOGRAPHS / RADIOAUTOGRAPHS |
| CHROMATOGRAPHER / RECHROMATOGRAPH |
| ELECTROMAGNETIC / MAGNETOELECTRIC |
| MICROPHOTOGRAPH / PHOTOMICROGRAPH |
| PATHOPHYSIOLOGY / PHYSIOPATHOLOGY |
| PHOTOTELEGRAPHY / TELEPHOTOGRAPHY |
| STATELESSNESSES / TASTELESSNESSES |
| AUTORADIOGRAPHY / RADIOAUTOGRAPHY |
Most of these are pairs of compound words with their parts swapped: PHOTO + MICROGRAPH and MICRO + PHOTOGRAPH. ALGORITHMICALLY and LOGARITHMICALLY are the elegant exception, two unrelated words that happen to share every letter.
The longest anagrams of everyday words
| Letters | Pair |
|---|---|
| 12 | CONSERVATION / CONVERSATION |
| 11 | COORDINATES / DECORATIONS |
| 11 | DESCRIPTION / PREDICTIONS |
| 11 | IMPRESSIONS / PERMISSIONS |
| 10 | ANTAGONIST / STAGNATION |
| 10 | COORDINATE / DECORATION |
| 10 | DEALERSHIP / LEADERSHIP |
| 10 | DEDUCTIONS / DISCOUNTED |
| 10 | DEPOSITION / POSITIONED |
| 10 | DIRECTIONS / DISCRETION |
These pairs are great for puzzles and quizzes, because both words are familiar but the connection is surprising.
Find more
Type any word into the anagram solver to find its single-word and two-word anagrams. For the letter sets with the most anagrams of all, see which letters make the most anagrams.
Sources
- Our own analysis of the ENABLE word list, with common words identified using wordfreq.
