Syllable Counter
An advanced syllable analyzer for poets, writers and lyricists.
Why use a syllable counter?
1. The Hiatus (The "Vowel Clash")
A hiatus occurs when two vowels appear in immediate succession between two words, with no consonant to separate them. In classical French poetry, hiatus was often forbidden as it was considered cacophonous.
Example: "Il alla à Arles" — three consecutive vowels at the junction of words create a hiatus.
2. The Hemistich and the Caesura
The hemistich refers to half a line of verse. In an alexandrine (12 syllables), there are two hemistichs of 6 syllables each. The caesura is the pause — the breath — that separates these two halves.
Example (Racine): "Le jour n'est pas plus pur // que le fond de mon cœur" — the caesura falls after "pur", dividing the line into 6 + 6.
3. Dieresis and Syneresis
Dieresis consists of pronouncing a vowel cluster as two separate syllables, while syneresis merges them into one. This choice can change the total syllable count of a line.
Example: "vio-lon" as syneresis (2 syll.) or "vi-o-lon" as dieresis (3 syll.) — depending on the meter the poet selects.
4. Elision (The mute "e")
This is the dropping of a final mute "e" before a vowel. Left unaccounted for, it skews the count by a full syllable per line.
Example: "la grand(e) armée" — the "e" in "grande" elides before "armée", yielding 4 syllables instead of 5. Our phonetic engine automatically handles these complex rules to provide you with a precise count.
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