Estimate the number of syllables in an English word.
Code
General$w = preg_replace('/(?:[^laeiouy]es|ed|[^laeiouy]e)$/', '', strtolower($word));
preg_match_all('/[aeiouy]{1,2}/', $w, $matches);
return count($matches[0]) ?: 1;Parameters
Word to count syllables in
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