One. When you are trying to figure out how many syllables are in a word put your hand under your chin and say the word. How ever many times your chin hits your hand is how many syllables are in that word.
The homophone of the word "tacks" is "tax."
There are three Chinese syllables in the word "syllables."
The word 'answer' has 2 syllables. An-swer.
There are four syllables in the word "usually".
The word has three syllables.
The syllables in the word what is only 1 : "what".
The word apotex has three syllables. The syllables in the word are a-po-tex.
The word prophets has two syllables. The syllables of the word are pro-phets.
4 syllables are in the word di·ver·si·ty.
Their are two syllables in the word silly.
2 syllables are in the word nuisance. :)
2 syllables in the word weekend