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Pie Chart of Word Length in English by Syllable Count
Last reviewed on 2026-05-22.
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Most English words are one or two syllables. Words of four or more syllables are uncommon in everyday speech and writing.
The data
- 1 syllable — 69 %
- 2 syllables — 22 %
- 3 syllables — 6 %
- 4 syllables — 2 %
- 5+ syllables — 1 %
Source
Brown Corpus syllable analysis.
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