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One
There are two syllables. A-lot.
The phrase "but I learn a lot" has five syllables.
'A lot' has two syllables. Each word is one syllable each.
"Optimistic" has 4 syllables.
Pilot has two syllables: pi-lot
There is 7 syllables in that sentence.
4 syllables
There are 4 syllables in the word especially.
There are three syllables. Al-lot-ment.
There are two syllables. Pi-lot.
The word pilot has two syllables. The syllables in the word are pi-lot.