What does open syllable mean?

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open syllable

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

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A syllable that has no coda after its nucleus, and which hence ends in a vowel.

open syllables (plural)

free syllable

closed syllable

What does open syllable mean?: A syllable that has no coda after its nucleus, and which hence ends in a vowel.

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