Count Syllables

Estimate the number of syllables in an English word.

Code

General

import re
w = re.sub(r'(?:[^laeiouy]es|ed|[^laeiouy]e)$', '', word.lower())
matches = re.findall(r'[aeiouy]{1,2}', w)
return len(matches) if matches else 1

Parameters

word(string)

Word to count syllables in

Server

More Python Snippets

Capitalize First Letter

Capitalize the first letter of a string while keeping the rest unchanged.

Center String

Center a string within a given width by padding with spaces.

Check if Palindrome

Check if a string is a palindrome by comparing characters from both ends.

Compare Strings (Case Insensitive)

Compare two strings ignoring case differences.

Convert to camelCase

Convert a string to camelCase format with lowercase first letter.

Convert to kebab-case

Convert a string to kebab-case.