Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

light syllable

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: light -syl-la-ble
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a syllable with a short vowel as the nucleus and no coda.

Example Sentences

"A light syllable consists of a single short vowel in an open syllable."

Questions

What does light syllable mean?: a syllable with a short vowel as the nucleus and no coda.

How to pronounce light syllable

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