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Rea-son. Listen for the phonemes that make up the word - you can hear two distinct sounds, 'ree' and 'son'. Therefore, 'reason' is two syllables.

The same applies for words like, well, applies. 'A-plys'. Two syllables. Or 'Excellent'. 'ex-ell-ent'. Three syllables.

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