Almost all multi-syllable words in English have one syllable with a primary stress. For some words there may be secondary stress marks. (These are ignored in the patterns below.) To learn how a word is divided into syllables, use a dictionary.
Almost all multi-syllable words in English have one syllable with a primary stress. For some words there may be secondary stress marks. (These are ignored in the patterns below.) To learn how a word is divided into syllables, use a dictionary.