The accent of the word is on the second syllable.
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Syllable
/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/
Synonyms for "syllable" (152 found)
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Closest matches (31)
allophonealveolarantistropheantonymapico-alveolarapico-dentalarticulationaspirationassimilationatombilabialbitbookburdencacuminalcantocerebralcheckchorusconsonant
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Noun(1 words)
decoding unit
Strong matches (45)
explosiveexpressionfree formglideglottalglottalizationgutturalheptastichhexastichhomographhomonymhomophonejotlabiallabializationlabiodentallabiovelarlaryngeallaterallexeme
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linelinguallinguistic formliquidlocutionlogoslotamanner of articulationmeasuremetonymminimum free formmodicummodificationmonophthongmonostichmonosyllablemorphophonememutenasalocclusiveoctastichoctaveoctet
Noun(2 words)
jimetrical unit
Related words (76)
orthographizeottava rimaounceoutspellpalatalparasitic vowelparticlepeakpentastichpharyngealpharyngealizationphonephonemeplosivepolysyllableprothetic vowelquatrainrefrainretroflexrhyme royal
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segmental phonemesemivowelseptetsestetsextetshredsonantsonorityspeech soundspellspell backwardspell outspenserian stanzastanzastavestopstrainstrophesurdsyllabic nucleussyllabic peaksyllabizesynonymtercettermterza rimatetrastichtrace outtransition soundtriphthongtriplettristichusageutterancevelarverbalismverbumversevocablevocalicvocoidvoicevoiced soundvoiceless soundvoicingvowelwhitwordwrite out
Noun(7 words)
phonetic unitreading unitrhythmic unitsound unitspeech unitspelling unitsyllabic unit
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7 entrieseducation unitlanguage unitlinguistic unitmetrical unitphonics unitphonology unitpoetic unit
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The accent of this word is on the second syllable.
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In the word "tomorrow", the accent is on the second syllable.
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The accent in "guitar" falls on the second syllable.
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