Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heavy syllable

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: heavy -syl-la-ble
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.

Example Sentences

"A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel followed by one or more consonants in the same syllable."

Questions

What does heavy syllable mean?: a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.

How to pronounce heavy syllable

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