Syllable Count

Prea-cher has two syllables.

The word "religion" has three syllables. It is pronounced as re-li-gion.

There are three syllables in the word "Catholic."

There are two syllables in the word "layer".

However, when saying "lair" (as in a villain's lair), there is only one syllable.

Yes, the word "drive" has one syllable.

The first one is primary because it's stressed.

Yes, "sleigh" is considered to have an open syllable because it ends in a vowel sound.

"Speech" has one syllable.

There are four syllables in the word "obesity."

Freedom has a closed syllable juncture because the syllable "dom" ends in a consonant sound (m).

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You can divide the word "disease" into two syllables: dis-ease. The first syllable is "dis" and the second syllable is "ease."

The word "cane" contains one syllable.

There are 2 syllables. Hol-low.

Yes, "Investigate" is an open syllable word because the last syllable has a long vowel sound (gate) and ends in a vowel.

The word "collar" is divided into two syllables: col-lar.

A rhyme for "nosie" with one syllable could be "froze."

The word "ethical" has three syllables: eth-i-cal.

The word "nomadic" has three syllables.

There is only one syllable in the word blame.

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The word "rough" has 5 sounds: /r/ /ʌ/ /f/. /r/ /ə/ /f/.

It is when you don't pronounce the last syllable of a word. ie. it is dropped from speech. This is common in Italian.

The word "loyalty" has three syllables. The syllables are loyal-ty.

There is one syllable in the word town.