Syllable count in JavaScript.
npm:
npm install syllablevar syllable = require('syllable')
syllable('syllable') // 3
syllable('unicorn') // 3
syllable('hi') // 1
syllable('hihi') // 2
syllable('mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm') // 1
syllable('wine') // 1
syllable('bottle') // 2
syllable('wine-bottle') // 3
syllable('Åland') // 2Install:
npm install --global syllableUse:
Usage: syllable [options] <words...>
Syllable count in an English word
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-v, --version output version number
Usage:
# output syllables
$ syllable syllable unicorn
# 6
# output syllables from stdin
$ echo "syllable unicorn banana" | syllable
# 9
Based on the syllable functionality found in Text-Statistics (PHP), in turn inspired by Lingua-EN-Syllable (Perl).
Support for word-breaks and non-ASCII characters added later.