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perl-Linuga-EN-Syllable
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Lingua::EN::Syllable::syllable() estimates the number of syllables in
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the word passed to it.
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Note that it isn't entirely accurate... it fails (by one syllable) for
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about 10-15% of my /usr/dict/words. The only way to get a 100% accurate
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count is to do a dictionary lookup, so this is a small and fast
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alternative where more-or-less accurate results will suffice, such as
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estimating the reading level of a document.
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I welcome pointers to more accurate algorithms, since this one is
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pretty quick-and-dirty. This was designed for English (well, American
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at least) words, but sometimes guesses well for other languages.
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