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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| derivation | xx/x | Noun, Noun |
| conversion | x/x | Noun |
| inflection | x/x | Noun |
| composition | xx/x | Noun |
| contamination | xxx/x | Noun |
| contraction | x/x | Noun |
| derivative | x/xx | Noun |
| modification | xxx/x | Noun |
| truncation | /xx | Noun |
| preform | x/ | Noun |
| neologism | x/xxx | Noun |
| etymology | xx/xx | Noun |
| transformation | xx/x | Noun |
| substitution | xx/x | Noun |
| reconstruction | xx/x | Noun |
| borrowing | /xx | Noun |
| prefix | /x | Noun |
| productivity | xx/xx | Noun |
| agglutination | x/xxx | Noun |
| coinage | /x | Noun |
| descendant | x/x | Noun |
| form | / | Noun |
| nominalization | /xxx/x | Noun |
| incorporation | xxx/x | Noun |
| lemma | /x | Noun |
| importation | xx/x | Noun |
| ending | /x | Noun |
| blend | / | Noun |
| fronting | /x | Verb |
| coining | /x | Noun |
| formative | /xx | Adjective |
| base | / | Noun |
| reflex | /x | Noun |
| assimilation | xxx/x | Noun |
| morphology | x/xx | Noun |
| root | / | Noun |
| cognate | /x | Noun |
| suffix | /x | Noun |
| morph | / | Noun |
| syncretism | /xxx | Noun |
| grammar | /x | Noun |
| third person | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| mutation | x/x | Noun |
| regionalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| formulation | xx/x | Noun |
| flexion | /x | Noun |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun |
| breaking | /x | Noun |
| abbreviation | xxx/x | Noun |
| liaison | x/x | Noun |
| paradigm | /xx | Noun |
| coercion | x/x | Noun |
| clitic | /x | Noun |
| stem | / | Noun |
| analogy | x/xx | Noun |
| complex | /x | Noun |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective |
| variant | /xx | Noun |
| reification | xxx/x | Noun |
| lexicography | xx/xx | Noun |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
