English syllable estimate: vowel groups, with the usual corrections for a
silent final e, -ed/-es endings and a syllabic -le. A heuristic, it
is off by one on words like "idea", but consistent, which is what the
readability formulas need. Never below 1 for a non-empty word.
English syllable estimate: vowel groups, with the usual corrections for a silent final
e,-ed/-esendings and a syllabic-le. A heuristic, it is off by one on words like "idea", but consistent, which is what the readability formulas need. Never below 1 for a non-empty word.