Syllable Count

There are 3 syllables. Cen-ti-grade.

There are 2 syllables. Toast-y.

There is 1 syllable.

The word 'fearful' is a disyllable meaning it has two syllables: Fear-ful

It depends on the word. Some words have one syllable; some have many more.

our-selves has two syllables.

grad-u-ate has three syllables.

lin-e-ar has three syllables.

There are three syllables in addition.

There are two syllables in the word 'floated'.

There are two syllables in the word 'cruelty'.

Steam only has one syllable.

Marathon has three syllables: mar-a-thon.

Silence has two syllables: si-lence.

Clover has two syllables: clo-ver.

ham-mer two

The word sit has one syllable.

The word manure has three syllables. (Ma-nu-re)

The word heliotropism has six syllables. (Hel-i-o-tro-pis-m)

The word orbit has two syllables. (Or-bit)

The word Couture has two syllables. (Co-ture)

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There is only one syllable in the word "Watched"

A trick to being able to count syllables is to say the word while clapping. So as you say "Watched" there is only a beat for 1 clap.

But take the word "motor", the first clap is "mo" while you have a second clap in "tor". Therefore the word "motor" has two syllables.

Another way to look at it, is to determine the stressed and unstressed parts of a word. Take our word "motor" again. "Mo" is not the stressed part of the word, but the hard "t" in "tor" is. By counting the stressed and unstressed parts of a word, you can again determine the syllables in a word.

There are 4 syllables : UN-DER-WA-TER (pronounced UHN-durr-waw-turr).

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