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    <blockquote> <p>I'm looking for a fully accurate statement of an algorithm to count syllables in words</p> </blockquote> <p>There isn't one. Period. Whatever algorithm you invent, I promise to find a counterexample. In certain languages(Armenian and Russian come to mind) the algorithm is pretty straightforward - count the number of vowels. In other languages, such as German, it's not as straightforward but still doable. In English, I am afraid, the transduction between letters and sounds is absolutely irregular. </p> <p>For example, </p> <p><em><strong>coincidence</em></strong>. <strong><em>oi</em></strong> is to be counted as two syllables. But in <strong><em>boil</em></strong> it's only one syllable. Also, not counting the final vowel is not always accurate. Consider the name <strong><em>Penelope</em></strong> or <strong><em>Hermione</em></strong>. Or <strong><em>banana</em></strong></p> <p>Another curious case is when the syllable exists without a printed vowel. For example, <strong><em>table</em></strong> is a bisyllabic word but the second syllable is generated by the invisible sound between <strong><em>b</em></strong> and <strong><em>l</em></strong>. Also, don't forget about words originated from latin, which can have a lot of consecutive vowels. E.g. <strong><em>onomatopoeia</em></strong>. </p> <p>So, there is no accurate algorithm. The only way you can go is to try to find an algorithm which works in many (I am avoiding the word most) cases. But in this case you should redefine your requirements.</p>
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    2. COIf it helps to know, what I'm using this for is to implement readability formulas. The two that I've selected have a variable that equates to "average number of syllables per word", which means I need to count syllables. What I am noticing however, is that in the paper I got these formulas from that *some* of my results match the examples in that paper and some don't. So I'm trying to track down how my results differ from the paper's author and this seems like the likely problem since my word counts are accurate.
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    3. COIt's complicated, but solutions exist.
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