![]() ![]() Without the right stress on certain syllables, your speech might sound like a robot! This means that, in words with more than one syllable, one syllable will sound a little longer and louder than the others. “Syllable stress” refers to the syllable in a word that gets more emphasis than the others. When you say a word that only has one syllable, you only have one syllable to stress. Syllable StressĬlick below to listen to a recording of this passage. For example, the word “outside” has 4 vowels, but only two syllables, because -ou only counts as one vowel sound, while -i…e combine to form the long “i” sound (like in the word “pie”), even though they are separated by a consonant. Some vowel sounds are silent, while other sounds are made up of two different vowels. Additionally, the number of syllables is not necessarily equal to the number of vowels. ![]() While the majority of English words have between 1-4 syllables, some words have as many as 19! This means that counting the number of syllables is not always easy. ![]() All ig at or – 4 syllables, 4 vowels (All-i-ga-tor).T om orr ow – 3 syllables, 3 vowels (To-mor-row).Ord er – 2 syllables, 2 vowels (Or-der). ![]()
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