Phrase Hound found 4 phrases and 17 compound words that contain syllables. The most common are listed below. Open syllables in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 4
- closed syllablesplural of closed syllable: A syllable that ends in a stop consonant (such as /p/, /t/, /k/) or a glottal stop, forcing the vowel to be short and abrupt.
- open syllablesplural of open syllable: A syllable that has no coda after its nucleus, and which hence ends in a vowel.
- checked syllablesplural of checked syllable: A syllable that ends in a stop consonant (such as /p/, /t/, /k/) or a glottal stop, forcing the vowel to be short and abrupt.
- free syllablesplural of free syllable: A syllable that has no coda after its nucleus, and which hence ends in a vowel.
Compound words 17
- monosyllablesplural of monosyllable: A word of one syllable.
- ambisyllablesplural of ambisyllable: An ambisyllabic consonant.
- decasyllablesplural of decasyllable: A verse form having ten syllables in each line.
- dissyllablesplural of dissyllable: A word comprising two syllables.
- duosyllablesplural of duosyllable: A word containing two syllables.
- multisyllablesplural of multisyllable: A word with more than two syllables. Sometimes used in a more restricted sense.
- octosyllablesplural of octosyllable: line of verse with eight syllables
- oligosyllablesplural of oligosyllable: Any oligosyllabic word
- pentasyllablesplural of pentasyllable: A pentasyllabic word
- polysyllablesplural of polysyllable: A word with more than two syllables. Sometimes used in a more restricted sense.