syllabize

Other forms of syllabize

past tense

syllabized·

present participle

syllabizing·

third person

syllabizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about syllabize

What does syllabize mean?

syllabize means "divide into syllables". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in syllabize?

syllabize has 3 syllables: syl-la-bize. The stress falls on "syl".

What is another word for syllabize?

Close synonyms include syllabify, syllabicate, syllabise, syllabise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is syllabize a common word?

syllabize is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.