A Python package for estimating the number of syllables in a word.

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  • License: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3), Other/Proprietary License (GPLv3)
  • Author: David L. Day
  • Requires: Python >=3.7.2, <4.0.0
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Syllables: A fast syllable estimator for Python

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Syllables is a fast, simple syllable estimator for Python. It's intended for use in places where speed matters. For situations where accuracy matters, please consider the cmudict Python library instead.

Installation

syllables is available on PyPI. Simply install it with pip:

pip install syllables

Usage

Syllables provides a single function, estimate, which estimates the number of syllables in a single word.

>>> import syllables
>>> syllables.estimate('estimate')
4
>>> syllables.estimate('syllables')
3

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Built on or modeled after the following open source projects:

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