Stressed Syllables

 

Stressed Syllables

A syllable is a single, unbroken sound or unit of pronunciation in a word. Each syllable typically contains one vowel sound, and it may also include surrounding consonants.

Examples:

• The word "cat" has 1 syllable.
• The word "happy" has 2 syllables: hap-py.
• The word "elephant" has 3 syllables: el-e-phant.

 

Words	Stessed Syllables	Syllables
certificate	cer-tif-i-cate	4 syllables
holiday	hol-i-day	3 syllables
zoology	zo-ol-o-gy	4 syllables
photographic	pho-to-graph-ic	4 syllables
geography	ge-og-ra-phy	4 syllables
curiosity	cu-ri-os-i-ty	5 syllables
mechanically	me-chan-i-cal-ly	5 syllables
characteristics	char-ac-ter-is-tics	5 syllables
examination	ex-am-i-na-tion	5 syllables
negotiation	ne-go-ti-a-tion	5 syllables
paraphrase	par-a-phrase	3 syllables
paradoxically	par-a-dox-i-cal-ly	6 syllables
territoriality	ter-ri-to-ri-al-i-ty	7 syllables

20 words with their syllable breakdowns and syllable counts.

1. Tiger – ti-ger – 2 syllables

2.  Window – win-dow – 2 syllables

3.  Beautiful – beau-ti-ful – 3 syllables

4.   Strong – strong – 1 syllable

5.   Monkey – mon-key – 2 syllables

6.     Important – im-por-tant – 3 syllables

7.   Rain – rain – 1 syllable

8.   Teacher – teach-er – 2 syllables

9.   Baby – ba-by – 2 syllables

10. Universe – u-ni-verse – 3 syllables

11.  Plant – plant – 1 syllable

12. Telephone – tel-e-phone – 3 syllables

13. Dance – dance – 1 syllable

14. Television – tel-e-vi-sion – 4 syllables

15. Ocean – o-cean – 2 syllables

16. Amazing – a-maz-ing – 3 syllables

17.  Garden – gar-den – 2 syllables

18. Chair – chair – 1 syllable

19. Chocolate – choc-o-late (or choc-late) – 2 or 3 syllables depending on pronunciation

20. Mountain – moun-tain – 2 syllables

30 other words with their syllable breakdowns and the number of syllables.

Banana – ba-na-na – 3 syllables

1.     Book – book – 1 syllable

2.     Orange – or-ange – 2 syllables

3.     Elephant – el-e-phant – 3 syllables

4.     Water – wa-ter – 2 syllables

5.     Sky – sky – 1 syllable

6.     Computer – com-pu-ter – 3 syllables

7.     School – school – 1 syllable

8.     Pencil – pen-cil – 2 syllables

9.     Television – tel-e-vi-sion – 4 syllables

10. Happy – hap-py – 2 syllables

11.   Strong – strong – 1 syllable

12.   Butterfly – but-ter-fly – 3 syllables

13.   Garden – gar-den – 2 syllables

14.  Mountain – moun-tain – 2 syllables

15.   Universe – u-ni-verse – 3 syllables

16.  Friend – friend – 1 syllable

17.   Music – mu-sic – 2 syllables

18.  Camera – cam-er-a – 3 syllables

19.   Doctor – doc-tor – 2 syllables

20. Family – fam-i-ly – 3 syllables (sometimes 2 depending on how it's spoken)

21.  Baby – ba-by – 2 syllables

22.   Reading – read-ing – 2 syllables

23.   Chocolate – choc-o-late – 3 syllables (often pronounced as 2)

24. Tiger – ti-ger – 2 syllables

25. Island – is-land – 2 syllables

26. Rainbow – rain-bow – 2 syllables

27.  Bottle – bot-tle – 2 syllables

28.  Monkey – mon-key – 2 syllables