“Mischievous” is commonly misspelled as “mischievious,” with an extra “I” at the end. That might explain why people often mispronounce the word as “mis-CHEEV-ee-ous,” instead of “MIS-chiv-ous.” What is the most mispronounced word in America? 13 most commonly mispronounced words in American English—and the right way to say them Anyway.Read More →
This week’s word of the week is ‘really’. This is a two syllable word with stress on the first syllable. … Another acceptable pronunciation is to make this a three syllable word re-a-lly where you add a middle syllable the schwa. Does usually have 3 syllables? I always pronounce “generally”Read More →
Number has two vowel sounds and two syllables. You can sound out num and ber to make number. Say these words. How many syllables does English have? Two: “Eng” and “lish”. English has 2 syllables. Is hour a 2 syllable word? The answer may well be that it’s one syllableRead More →
To find the number of syllables: Divide between two middle consonants. … Usually divide before a single middle consonant. … Divide before the consonant before an “-le” syllable. … Divide off any compound words, prefixes, suffixes and roots which have vowel sounds. How do you know where a syllable is?Read More →
Closed last year. So there are many words in which one syllable gets reduced. For example, chocolate could be pronounced as CHO-KO-LATE but instead it’s pronounced as CHOK-LATE, it’s now 2 syllable word. How many syllable are there in Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters, 17 syllables)Read More →
2-syllable words index. mascot. tennis. napkin. publish. goblin. picnic. cactus. Is child 1 or 2 syllables? For some speakers in British English, child is pronounced as a two-syllable word. For most speakers, both of the one- and two-syllable versions, the /d/ of child is not released when the word endsRead More →