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Syllable counter

Count syllables in your text — total, average per word and a per-word breakdown, with long words flagged.

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Syllable counter
Paste your text and get an instant syllable report: total syllables, the number of words and the average syllables per word, recalculated as you type. Turn on "Show per-word breakdown" to list every word with its count, and set "Flag words over N syllables" to surface the polysyllabic monsters — the default flags anything over four syllables.
Syllables matter wherever rhythm does. Poets counting out a haiku's 5-7-5 or a sonnet's meter, songwriters fitting lyrics to a melody, speech therapists preparing exercises, and teachers building phonics worksheets all need reliable counts fast. The average syllables per word is also the raw ingredient of readability formulas like Flesch–Kincaid: everyday English sits around 1.3 to 1.5 syllables per word, and a rising average is an early sign your draft is drifting into jargon.
Be aware the count is a heuristic, not a dictionary lookup. It counts vowel groups and applies English-specific corrections — a silent final e ("make" is one syllable), -ed and -es endings that don't add a syllable ("walked", "makes") and the -le ending that does ("table"). Other Latin-script languages, including accented vowels such as á, é, ő, ű or ą, are counted by vowel groups alone, which lands close for Slovak, Czech, German, Polish or Hungarian but is not a hyphenation engine. Odd English spellings can be off by a syllable.
Your text is processed entirely in your browser and never uploaded anywhere, so unpublished lyrics and drafts stay yours. Copy the report or download it as a .txt file.
FAQ
How accurate is the syllable count?
It is a heuristic tuned for English: vowel groups are counted, with corrections for silent final e, -ed/-es endings and the -le ending. It is right for the large majority of English words, but unusual spellings can be off by a syllable — it is an estimate, not a dictionary.
Does it work for languages other than English?
Reasonably. Words that are not plain a–z are counted by vowel groups, with accented vowels like á, é, ö, ő, ű or ą recognized as vowels. That tracks Slovak, Czech, German, Polish and Hungarian well, though syllabic consonants (as in "vlk") count as one syllable per word.
How is y handled?
As a vowel everywhere except at the start of a word: "rhythm" and "easy" get their y syllables, while "yellow" starts with a consonant sound.
What does "Flag words over N syllables" do?
Every word with more syllables than the threshold is listed under the report with its count in brackets — a quick way to find the long words that slow readers down.
Is a syllable counter the same as a syllable calculator or finder?
Yes — counter, calculator, checker and finder all describe the same task here: split text into words, count each word's syllables with the vowel-group heuristic, and total them. Use whichever term matches how you searched.
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