This week's “word of the week” is 'every'. It's a two syllable word with stress on the first syllable. DA-da, every. It looks like it might be a three syllable word Ev-er-y but it's not, only two syllables.
11 (eleven) is the natural number following 10 and preceding 12. It is the first repdigit. In English, it is the smallest positive integer whose name has three syllables.
Banana has three syllables. Do you pronounce all the syllables the same: bah-nah-nah? No, you don't—one syllable is stronger: ba-NA-na. This is stress.
The second syllable of the word pickle is an example of this syllable type, hence the name Pickle syllable. Pickle syllables are easy to identify. They occur at the end of a base word and contain a consonant followed by l-e, as in the words pickle, puzzle, and middle.
The word “every” has two or three syllables depending on how you pronounce it. It is most commonly pronounced with two syllables: “ev'ry”. You usually only hear the three syllable version in songs and poems.
Every syllable of every word must have at least one vowel sound. A vowel can stand alone in a syllable, as in u•nit and an•i•mal. It can also be surrounded by consonants, as in jet, nap•kin, and fan•tas•tic.
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