Tree only has one syllable - the entire word.
The phrase "a poison tree" has four syllables. A - poi-son - tree.
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Tree only has one syllable.
The word write has got one syllable.
There are two syllables. Writ-ten.
There are 2 syllables. Type-write.
Whe-ther has two syllables.
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There are five syllables. Ir-re-sist-a-ble.
You separate the syllables with a hyphen.
Gar-net.
The word "transfer" consistsof 5 different syllables and two of them (the r) appear twice. So to write the word you have to use 6 syllables