two syllables
The word freight has one syllable.
There are 2 syllables. Freight-er.
Just one.
One may ship freight by air, land or sea.
there are two syllables
"Mayflower" has two syllables: "may" and "flow-er."
2 syllables
There are two syllables in Welcome
Address has two syllables.
The amount of syllables in "Curry"
The word ignored has two syllables. The syllables of the word are ig-nored.
"Prepositional phrase" has six syllables.