Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

closed syllable

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: closed -syl-la-ble
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A syllable that ends in a stop consonant (such as /p/, /t/, /k/) or a glottal stop, forcing the vowel to be short and abrupt.

Inflected Forms

closed syllables (plural)

Synonyms

checked syllable

Antonyms

open syllable

Questions

What does closed syllable mean?: A syllable that ends in a stop consonant (such as /p/, /t/, /k/) or a glottal stop, forcing the vowel to be short and abrupt.

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