Counting Syllables In A Word

Question

I\'m looking for a fully accurate statement of an algorithm to count syllables in words. What I\'m finding when I research is inconsistent or what I know to generate incorr

Answer 1

What you need is a dictionary to map regular spelling of English words to their International Phonetic Alphabet equivalents. This has more accurate representations of syllables in the words. From that, you can make a more accurate syllable count. But, that doesn't account for variations in pronunciations.