There are five syllables like so: Res-pi-ra-to-ry.
A/me/ri/can - 4 syllables
To split the word "syllables" into its individual syllables, you can break it down like this: syl-la-bles.
in-noc-ent
The word respiratory can have either three or five syllables depending on how your pronounce it. If you pronounced it (Resp-i-tory), then it is three syllables. If you pronounced it (Res-pir-a-tor-y) then it is five syllables.
Sound out the word and the breaks are syllables. Starvation would be star-va-tion.
The word "helmet" has two syllables. The syllable break-down is "hel" and "met."
Sound out the word and the breaks are syllables. Burpee would be bur-pee.
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There are two syllables: Jad-ed.
There are two syllables: Deft-ly.
There are two syllables: O-bese.
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