The longest left-hand-only English words on a QWERTY keyboard are around 12 letters, including “hostess” and “reverberated.” Keyboard layouts reflect letter frequency in a language. Left-hand words can be useful for passwords, while right-hand words are limited.
Creating a list of the longest words that can be typed on a keyboard with only the left hand necessarily depends on two factors: the language in question and the configuration of the keyboard used. Different countries and regions often have slightly different arrangements of letters and character keys. Most keyboards for the English-speaking world are laid out in what is commonly known as a “QWERTY” mode. All letters of the alphabet are arranged in three rows. At the top are ten letters, starting with QWERTY; 9 are in the middle; and 7 are below. They appear staggered and are believed to be arranged in a pattern that maximizes efficiency when typing. A “left-handed” keyboard job is one that can only be typed easily with the left hand, i.e. the left half of the keyboard. In general, the longest English words that can be typed this way are 12 letters long and include words like “hostess,” “reverberated,” and “desegregated.” Besides being a fun trivia, people often use left-handed words as passwords since they can easily be typed while the right hand is busy working with the mouse or cursor.
Keyboard arrangement basics
The keyboard layout can be somewhat confusing for people who are not expecting the layout. There often doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason for the order, and the letters often look a little jumbled. There’s usually a science behind it, though. Linguistic researchers generally believe that the layout of keys reflects the frequency of their use in a given language, with those letters being more dependent on being placed in places where they are easier and more convenient to type.
Understand the “hand” of words
In general, keyboards are not designed with hand dominance in mind. While it’s true that most people are “right-handed,” meaning that the right hand is the dominant hand, both hands are used equally in typing. Splitting words for right and left hand is basically just an assignment of the words that can be done with letters only on the left or right side of the keyboard.
Left-handed examples
On a standard English-language keyboard, the left hand fingers should be placed on the middle row ASD and F keys. This position assigns the left hand to all of the following letters: QWERTASDFGZXCV and B. These letters can be used to write a variety of long words, including the following:
abracadabra
after effects
aftertaste
After
cabbage
crab
databases
disaggregated
gazettes
redirected
riverberato
theatrical technique
constant
hostess
sweetbreads
trades
vertebrates
sewage
jet ski
watercress
Advantages and benefits
Knowing these words can be helpful in certain situations. Since most right-handed people use their right hand to manipulate a pointing device such as a mouse or touchpad, the left hand is free to remain on the keyboard during computer activities. Left-hand exclusive words can be a good and efficient choice for usernames and passwords, particularly when combined with some of the numbers and symbols on this side of the keyboard. The numbers 1 2 3 4 and 5 are easily accessible from the left hand and can be a perfect accompaniment to left-handed usernames and passwords.
Right-handed examples
There are less right-handed keyboard long words can be typed on standard English keyboards. In general, right-hand keyboard words may include only the following letters: YUIOPHJKLN and M. Examples include the following:
hockey pucks
lollipop
minimum
monohull
monopoly
polyphony
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