actually, password hacking is not done sequentially with brute force
it's done with rainbow tables
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26 letter passwords are really not required
It's not practical
The goal is to get a password that has enough variation in it to prevent it from being guessed or brute forced to easily.
use multiple characters, numeric, letters , small CAPS and some kind of symbol
pelicanparts would be bad
PelicanParts would be a lot better
P3lic@P@rts is even better
And P3!icanP@rts! is the dogs bollocks
except you probably shouldn't build it up around a single word, as everybody does the same.
Spelling errors are great in passwords
B!u3-Pe!!iC@n5
Actual brute force hacking is pretty hard to do these days, because most have a minimum brute force security built in, such as a time lock after x number of errors