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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| able | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| absence | /x | Noun | 
| absent | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb | 
| accordance | x/x | Noun | 
| according | x/x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| accountability | x/xxxx | Noun | 
| accurate | /xx | Adjective | 
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| actually | /xxx | Adverb | 
| addition | x/x | Noun | 
| adequate | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| adherence | x/x | Noun | 
| aforesaid | x/x | Adjective | 
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| again | x/ | Adverb | 
| against | x/ | Adverb | 
| aged | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| aggregate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| ail | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| alexandria | xx/xx | Name | 
| alive | x/ | Adjective | 
| allow | x/ | Verb | 
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| along | x/ | Adverb | 
| altogether | xx/x | Adverb, Noun | 
| always | /x | Adverb | 
| amid | x/ | Noun | 
| among | x/ | |
| amongst | x/ | |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| and | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| anna | /x | Name | 
| another | x/x | Name | 
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb | 
| anywhere | /xx | Adverb, Noun | 
| applicable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| appointment | x/x | Noun | 
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| approximately | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| are | / | Noun | 
| arid | /x | Adjective | 
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| at | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| athens | /x | Name | 
| atypical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| aught | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| australia | x/x | Name | 
| authority | x/xx | Noun | 
| avoid | x/ | Verb | 
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| aye | / | Name, Adverb | 
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| barely | /x | Adverb | 
| based | / | Verb, Adjective | 
| basis | /x | Noun | 
| batch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| battalion | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| bay | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| because | x/ | Adverb | 
| bed | / | Noun, Verb | 
| before | x/ | Adverb | 
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| being | /x | Noun | 
| below | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| beneath | x/ | Adverb | 
| beneficence | x/xx | Noun | 
| benefit | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| between | x/ | Noun | 
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| binding | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bond | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| borne | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| both | / | Noun | 
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| brand | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bridge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| brigade | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| burden | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| burden of proof | /x// | Phrase, Noun | 
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| certain | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| certainly | /xx | Adverb | 
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| chorus | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| claim | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clocked | / | Adjective | 
| coercion | x/x | Noun | 
| collect | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| comatose | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| combinational | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| come | / | Verb, Noun | 
| commit | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| commitment | x/x | Noun | 
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| compliance | x/x | Noun | 
| compromise | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| compulsion | x/x | Noun | 
| compulsory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| con | / | Noun, Verb | 
| concern | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| conditions | x/x | Verb | 
| consistent | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| constantinople | xxx/x | Name | 
| constraint | x/ | Noun | 
| construction | x/x | Noun | 
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| continuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| contract | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| covenants | /xx | Noun | 
| covers | /x | Noun | 
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective | 
| dans | / | Verb | 
| day | / | Noun, Verb | 
| debt | / | Noun | 
| demand | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| denying | x/x | Noun | 
| dependent | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| deputy | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| des | / | Noun | 
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| diminished | x/x | Adjective | 
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| dis | / | Noun, Verb | 
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| diviner | x/x | Noun | 
| divisible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| do | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| don | / | Name, Verb | 
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| during | /x | Noun | 
| duties | /x | Noun | 
| each | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| edited | /xx | Adjective | 
| either | /x | Adverb | 
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| engagement | x/x | Noun | 
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| entire | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| entirely | x/xx | Adverb | 
| entitlement | x/xx | Noun | 
| even | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| every | /xx | Noun | 
| everybody | /xxx | Noun | 
| everyone | /xx | Noun | 
| everything | /xx | Noun | 
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| except | x/ | Verb | 
| excluded | x/x | Verb | 
| exert | x/ | Verb | 
| exists | x/ | Verb | 
| fail | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| failure | /x | Noun | 
| fake | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| false | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun | 
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| few | / | Noun | 
| first | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| flop | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| following | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| footsteps | /x | Noun | 
| for | / | Noun | 
| forbidden | /xx | Adjective | 
| foremost | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| forget | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| framework | /x | Noun | 
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| from | / | Verb | 
| full | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| fully | /x | Adverb, Verb | 
| fuse | / | Noun, Verb | 
| girlfriend | /x | Noun | 
| god | / | Name, Verb | 
| gonna | /x | Verb | 
| greece | / | Name | 
| grievance | /x | Noun | 
| guarantee | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| guaranty | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| guardianship | /xxx | Noun | 
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| hardly | /x | Adverb | 
| have | / | Verb, Noun | 
| have to | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| heading | /x | Noun | 
| held | / | Noun | 
| homework | /x | Noun | 
| honorary | /xxx | Adjective, Name | 
| how | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| however | x/x | Adverb | 
| huh | / | Noun | 
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| immaterial | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| immoderate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| imperative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| importantly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| imposition | xx/x | Noun | 
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| incorporeal | x/xx | Adjective | 
| increase | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| incumbency | x/xx | Noun | 
| indivisible | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| informal | x/x | Adjective | 
| inquiries | x/xx | Noun | 
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| instead | x/ | Adverb | 
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective | 
| inter | x/ | Name, Verb | 
| into | x/ | Noun | 
| irrespective | xx/x | Adjective | 
| issues | /x | Adjective | 
| it | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| job | / | Noun, Verb | 
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| juvenile | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| keep | / | Verb, Noun | 
| lack | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lai | / | Name | 
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| las | / | Adverb | 
| lay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| leap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| least | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| let | / | Verb, Noun | 
| liabilities | xx/xx | Noun | 
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| limitation | xx/x | Noun | 
| line of duty | ///x | Phrase, Noun | 
| logic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| longer | /x | Noun | 
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| mandate | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| mandatory | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| many | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| marriage | /x | Noun | 
| maximum | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| merely | /x | Adverb | 
| mind | / | Noun, Verb | 
| minimum | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| minor | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| minus | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| missing | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| mottled | /x | Adjective | 
| must | / | Verb, Noun | 
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| nah | / | Name | 
| namely | /x | Adverb | 
| napoleon | x/xx | Name | 
| nav | / | Noun, Verb | 
| naw | / | Verb | 
| nay | / | Name, Adverb, Verb, Adjective | 
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| necessary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| necessity | x/xx | Noun | 
| need | / | Verb, Noun | 
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| neither | /x | Adverb | 
| nether | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| never | /x | Adverb | 
| next | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| nicht | / | Verb, Noun | 
| nil | / | Noun | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| noblesse oblige | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| nobody | /xx | Noun | 
| none | / | Noun, Adverb | 
| noo | / | Adverb, Adjective | 
| nope | / | Noun, Verb | 
| nor | / | Noun | 
| nota | /x | Noun | 
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| noting | /x | Noun | 
| now | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| nowhere | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| number | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| object | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| obligates | /xx | Verb | 
| obligations | xx/x | Noun | 
| obligatory | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| oblige | x/ | Verb | 
| observance | x/x | Noun | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| often | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| okay | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| omitted | x/x | Verb | 
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| only | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| onto | /x | Adjective | 
| onus | /x | Noun | 
| opposed | x/ | Adjective | 
| optimum | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| or | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| ordinance | /xx | Noun | 
| otherwise | /xx | Adverb, Adjective | 
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| outfit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| over | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| owe | / | Verb | 
| paces | /x | Noun | 
| pain | / | Noun, Verb | 
| par | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| para | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| particular | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| pas | / | Noun | 
| payment | /x | Noun | 
| peak | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| per | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| perfectly | /xx | Adverb | 
| performance | x/x | Noun | 
| perhaps | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| pledge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| plenty | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| plight | / | Noun, Verb | 
| plus | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| poorly | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| possible | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| prerequisite | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| pretty | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| prevent | x/ | Verb | 
| prohibited | x/xx | Adjective | 
| promise | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| provision | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| provoking | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| psyche | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| purpose | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| pursuant | x/x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| questions | /x | Noun | 
| quite | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| rarely | /x | Adverb | 
| rather | /x | Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| re | / | Noun | 
| really | /x | Adverb, Verb | 
| receivable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| reduced | x/ | Adjective | 
| refrain | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| refusal | x/x | Noun | 
| refused | x/ | Noun | 
| regardless | x/x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| relevant | /xx | Adjective | 
| remember | x/x | Verb | 
| require | x/x | Verb | 
| requirement | x/x | Noun | 
| responsibilities | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| resuscitate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| roughly | /x | Adverb | 
| round | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| safekeeping | //x | Noun | 
| same | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| sane | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| sans | / | Adjective | 
| sap | / | Noun, Verb | 
| scarcely | /x | Adverb | 
| see | / | Verb, Noun | 
| seldom | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| shadow | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| shortly | /x | Adverb | 
| simply | /x | Adverb | 
| slightly | /x | Adverb | 
| so | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| some | / | Adverb | 
| somewhat | // | Adverb, Noun | 
| sous | / | Noun | 
| standing | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| stay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| step | / | Noun, Verb | 
| still | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| stipulation | xx/x | Noun | 
| stop | / | Verb, Noun | 
| stuff | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sub | / | Noun, Verb | 
| subject | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| subnormal | //x | Adjective, Noun | 
| suboptimal | xxxx | Adjective | 
| subordinate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| such | / | Noun | 
| summons | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sun | / | Noun, Verb | 
| super | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| supporting | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| sure | / | Adjective, Adverb | 
| surely | /x | Adverb | 
| taken | /x | Adjective | 
| task | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tenth | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| than | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| that | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| the | x | Adverb, Noun | 
| theirs | / | Adjective | 
| therefore | /x | Adverb | 
| things | / | Noun | 
| this | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| throughout | x/ | Adverb | 
| tiny | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| title | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| titre | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| to | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| toda | /x | Noun | 
| too | / | Adverb | 
| torque | / | Noun, Verb | 
| total | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| totally | /xx | Adverb | 
| tout | / | Verb, Noun | 
| towards | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| true | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| unable | x/x | Adjective, Verb | 
| underage | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| underneath | xx/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| undertaking | /xxx | Noun | 
| underway | xx/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| undivided | xx/x | Adjective | 
| uneconomic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| unintended | xx/x | Adjective | 
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unless | x/ | Adjective | 
| unmodified | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unpaid | x/ | Adjective | 
| unplanned | x/ | Adjective | 
| unspecified | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unsuccessful | xx/x | Adjective | 
| untrue | x/ | Adjective | 
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| upon | x/ | |
| using | /x | Noun | 
| utmost | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| very | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| via | /x | Noun | 
| view | / | Noun, Verb | 
| virtue | /x | Noun | 
| voluntary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| volunteer | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| wait | / | Verb, Noun | 
| waiver | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| water | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| way | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective | 
| weep | / | Verb, Noun | 
| what | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| whatever | x/x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| whatsoever | xx/x | Adverb | 
| whichever | x/x | |
| while | / | Noun, Verb | 
| whole | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| wholly | /x | Adverb | 
| why | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| wicket | /x | Noun | 
| wide | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| with | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| within | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| without | x/ | Adverb | 
| wonder | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| work | / | Noun, Verb | 
| world | / | Noun, Verb | 
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| yeah | / | Noun | 
| yes | / | Name, Verb | 
| yet | / | Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| zero | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
