How to use Syllable Counter
- Paste supported English words or text.
- Run the pronunciation lookup.
- Review known totals, alternate counts and unknown tokens.
Example: Syllable Counter
Syllable Counter: {"text":"Beautiful music"}
You add
{"text":"Beautiful music"}
You get
Beautiful has 3 and music has 2 dictionary syllables: 5 total. Download syllable-count.txt.
Supported inputs and limits
Bundled CMUdict US pronunciation vocabulary, pinned to 74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690; errors, omissions, names, abbreviations and sensitive terms may remain. No network lookup, spelling certification, word-game certification or pronunciation audio. The local dictionary loads only on Run; 124,926 spellings and 133,971 retained readings. ASCII English text, 1–5,000 characters and 1–200 word occurrences; digits and non-ASCII text are refused. Hyphens and punctuation split words. Counts vowel phonemes in every alternate reading and reports a range. Unknown spellings and dictionary readings with no vowel phonemes remain unresolved; a complete total is unavailable. No heuristic fallback or invented pronunciation. Spoken reductions and dialects may differ. No non-English language model, phonetic spelling, audio, poetry meter or guessed count for unknown words.
Where your input is processed
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Questions about Syllable Counter
What happens to an unknown word?
It is listed as unknown; the result does not pretend its syllable count is zero.
Why can a word have a range?
The dataset may record pronunciations with different syllable counts.
Does this certify a poem’s metre?
No. Stress, dialect and performance affect metre beyond the recorded syllable counts.