Syllable Count

A closed syllable.

An open syllable.

A vowel-consonant-e syllable.

A vowel team syllable.

A consonant-le syllable.

An r-controlled syllable.

There are three syllables in the word blustery .

One.

Yellow has two syllables: yell / ow

The word circumference has four syllables in it.

There are 4 syllables. En-tre-pre-neur.

There are five syllables in the word 'sustainability'.

The word spring has one syllable.

def-in-it-ion

1 2 3 4 syllables

There are 2 syllables. Round-ing.

there is only one syllable in the word "globe" even though it sounds like there could be two if you say it slowly.

Well there was a lot of cussing and pron on it so they closed it.

- Edit by site owner: I had closed this down for that very reason. I went away from the site for a few months and spammers had over-run it. The site has been re-opened at the .com domain animalcrossingbay.com, which is where the site had originated. I apologize for any inconvenience and hope to see everyone back in the community! - Andy

4

There are 3 syllables. Com-pen-sate.

The word microphone has three syllables.

The word weather has two syllables.

Library=Li-brar-y

3 Reg u lar.

The word zebra has two syllables.

Sometimes, but only when the word would not be pronounceable without the extra syllable. After t or d, in English you can't have an immediately following t or d, so a vowel has to be inserted before the "-d" ending, and this new vowel produces an extra syllable.

Two.

de cor ation

Two - den-tist.

It's the syllable that has the most emphasis.

There is one syllable in the word "brooks." "Brooks" rhymes with "books," and like it, it has a single syllable.