Words with two syllable counts
Dictionaries divide choc·o·late into three syllables, but most people say it with two. These words have two correct syllable counts; the list shows the dictionary count, and each word's page shows both pronunciations.
Often said with fewer syllables 300
- family fam-i-ly
- different dif-fer-ent
- national na-tion-al
- actually ac-tu-al-ly
- general gen-er-al
- trying try-ing
- history his-to-ry
- several sev-er-al
- probably prob-a-bly
- current cur-rent
- fine fi-ne
- especially es-pe-cial-ly
- interest in-ter-est
- average av-er-age
- usually u-su-al-ly
- federal fed-er-al
- natural nat-u-ral
- conference con-fer-ence
- difference dif-fer-ence
- interesting in-ter-est-ing
- additional ad-di-tion-al
- favorite fa-vor-ite
- generally gen-er-al-ly
- interested in-ter-est-ed
- literally lit-er-al-ly
- eventually e-ven-tu-al-ly
- theory the-o-ry
- camera cam-er-a
- trial tri-al
- actual ac-tu-al
- separate sep-a-rate
- happening hap-pen-ing
- reference ref-er-ence
- victory vic-to-ry
- fuel fu-el
- toward to-ward
- originally o-rig-i-nal-ly
- restaurant res-tau-rant
- specifically spe-cif-i-cal-ly
- corporate cor-po-rate
- temperature tem-per-a-ture
- basically ba-si-cal-ly
- coverage cov-er-age
- opposite op-po-site
- typically typ-i-cal-ly
- offering of-fer-ing
- reasonable rea-son-a-ble
- recovery re-cov-er-y
- normally nor-mal-ly
- personally per-son-al-ly
- maintenance main-te-nance
- suffering suf-fer-ing
- automatically au-to-mat-i-cal-ly
- cabinet cab-i-net
- chocolate choc-o-late
- naturally nat-u-ral-ly
- violent vi-o-lent
- discovery dis-cov-er-y
- unusual un-u-su-al
- prayer pray-er
- occasionally oc-ca-sion-al-ly
- elementary el-e-men-ta-ry
- desperate des-per-ate
- laboratory lab-o-ra-to-ry
- cooperation co-op-er-a-tion
- physically phys-i-cal-ly
- dual du-al
- opera o-pe-ra
- traveling trav-el-ing
- virtually vir-tu-al-ly
- casual cas-u-al
- differently dif-fer-ent-ly
- employer em-ploy-er
- gradually grad-u-al-ly
- veteran vet-er-an
- additionally ad-di-tion-al-ly
- prisoner pris-on-er
- privilege priv-i-lege
- colored col-or-ed
- partially par-tial-ly
- practically prac-ti-cal-ly
- threatening threat-en-ing
- warrior war-ri-or
- boundary bound-a-ry
- chancellor chan-cel-lor
- cruel cru-el
- jewelry jew-el-ry
- resume re-su-me
- preference pref-er-ence
- technically tech-ni-cal-ly
- diary di-a-ry
- comparable com-pa-ra-ble
- historically his-tor-i-cal-ly
- separately sep-a-rate-ly
- miserable mis-er-a-ble
- elaborate e-lab-o-rate
- grocery gro-cer-y
- politically pol-i-ti-cal-ly
- rational ra-tion-al
- traditionally tra-di-tion-al-ly
- emotionally e-mo-tion-al-ly
- mineral min-er-al
- deliberately de-lib-er-ate-ly
- machinery ma-chin-er-y
- platinum plat-i-num
- specially spe-cial-ly
- interim in-ter-im
- desperately des-per-ate-ly
- bachelor bach-e-lor
- dramatically dra-mat-i-cal-ly
- internationally in-ter-na-tion-al-ly
- sovereign sov-er-eign
- modeling mod-el-ing
- towel tow-el
- vegetable veg-e-ta-ble
- dial di-al
- beautifully beau-ti-ful-ly
- continually con-tin-u-al-ly
- nationalist na-tion-al-ist
- individually in-di-vid-u-al-ly
- critically crit-i-cal-ly
- leverage lev-er-age
- sovereignty sov-er-eign-ty
- favorable fa-vor-a-ble
- ivory i-vo-ry
- nationally na-tion-al-ly
- violet vi-o-let
- economically e-co-nom-i-cal-ly
- deliberate de-lib-er-ate
- privileged priv-i-leged
- decorative dec-o-ra-tive
- cooperate co-op-er-ate
- collaborative col-lab-o-ra-tive
- hierarchy hi-er-ar-chy
- napoleon na-po-le-on
- cruelty cru-el-ty
- professionally pro-fes-sion-al-ly
- unusually un-u-su-al-ly
- unreasonable un-rea-son-a-ble
- veterinary vet-er-i-nar-y
- exceptionally ex-cep-tion-al-ly
- ironically i-ron-i-cal-ly
- reverend rev-er-end
- miniature min-i-a-ture
- realization re-al-i-za-tion
- preferably pref-er-a-bly
- beverage bev-er-age
- sophomore soph-o-more
- consortium con-sor-ti-um
- jewel jew-el
- frightening fright-en-ing
- gardening gar-den-ing
- statistically sta-tis-ti-cal-ly
- casually cas-u-al-ly
- genetically ge-net-i-cal-ly
- peripheral pe-riph-er-al
- corporal cor-po-ral
- drastically dras-ti-cal-ly
- fashionable fash-ion-a-ble
- electorate e-lec-tor-ate
- theoretically the-o-ret-i-cal-ly
- practitioner prac-ti-tion-er
- violently vi-o-lent-ly
- casualty cas-u-al-ty
- slippery slip-per-y
- emerald em-er-ald
- periodically pe-ri-od-i-cal-ly
- liaison li-ai-son
- satisfactory sat-is-fac-to-ry
- traveler trav-el-er
- complementary com-ple-men-ta-ry
- wonderfully won-der-ful-ly
- radically rad-i-cal-ly
- unrealistic un-re-al-is-tic
- tertiary ter-ti-ar-y
- listener lis-ten-er
- systematically sys-tem-at-i-cal-ly
- incidentally in-ci-den-tal-ly
- broccoli broc-co-li
- destroyer de-stroy-er
- legged leg-ged
- radiant ra-di-ant
- admirable ad-mi-ra-ble
- foreigner for-eign-er
- vertically ver-ti-cal-ly
- scientifically sci-en-tif-i-cal-ly
- strategically stra-te-gi-cal-ly
- excellency ex-cel-len-cy
- federally fed-er-al-ly
- indifferent in-dif-fer-ent
- medically med-i-cal-ly
- preferable pref-er-a-ble
- preparatory pre-par-a-to-ry
- lingering lin-ger-ing
- logically log-i-cal-ly
- anchorage an-chor-age
- turret tur-ret
- awfully aw-ful-ly
- foliage fo-li-age
- familiarity fa-mil-i-ar-i-ty
- principally prin-ci-pal-ly
- clinically clin-i-cal-ly
- brokerage bro-ker-age
- fluorescent flu-o-res-cent
- coyote coy-o-te
- magically mag-i-cal-ly
- realty re-al-ty
- supplementary sup-ple-men-ta-ry
- temperament tem-per-a-ment
- geographically ge-o-graph-i-cal-ly
- mechanically me-chan-i-cal-ly
- psychologically psy-cho-log-i-cal-ly
- aspirin as-pi-rin
- indifference in-dif-fer-ence
- intellectually in-tel-lec-tu-al-ly
- maverick mav-er-ick
- realistically re-al-is-ti-cal-ly
- temperate tem-per-ate
- visualization vis-u-al-i-za-tion
- sickening sick-en-ing
- dossier dos-si-er
- electronically e-lec-tron-i-cal-ly
- reckoning reck-on-ing
- musically mu-si-cal-ly
- domestically do-mes-ti-cal-ly
- hierarchical hi-er-ar-chi-cal
- mysteriously mys-te-ri-ous-ly
- tragically trag-i-cal-ly
- enthusiastically en-thu-si-as-ti-cal-ly
- seasonally sea-son-al-ly
- appreciative ap-pre-ci-a-tive
- chemically chem-i-cal-ly
- cyanide cy-a-nide
- fluorescence flu-o-res-cence
- forte for-te
- biologically bi-o-log-i-cal-ly
- commemorative com-mem-o-ra-tive
- confederacy con-fed-er-a-cy
- accompaniment ac-com-pa-ni-ment
- menstrual men-stru-al
- generalization gen-er-al-i-za-tion
- medial me-di-al
- unintentionally un-in-ten-tion-al-ly
- favorably fa-vor-a-bly
- skier ski-er
- aesthetically aes-thet-i-cal-ly
- electrically e-lec-tri-cal-ly
- functionally func-tion-al-ly
- mammalian mam-ma-li-an
- veterinarian vet-er-i-nar-i-an
- academically ac-a-dem-i-cal-ly
- circumference cir-cum-fer-ence
- frantically fran-ti-cal-ly
- mathematically math-e-mat-i-cal-ly
- miserably mis-er-a-bly
- severance sev-er-ance
- unconditionally un-con-di-tion-al-ly
- naturalist nat-u-ral-ist
- shortening short-en-ing
- technologically tech-no-log-i-cal-ly
- temperance tem-per-ance
- powerfully pow-er-ful-ly
- tentatively ten-ta-tive-ly
- lenient le-ni-ent
- preposterous pre-pos-ter-ous
- democratically dem-o-crat-i-cal-ly
- ethnically eth-ni-cal-ly
- hickory hick-o-ry
- salient sa-li-ent
- unilaterally u-ni-lat-er-al-ly
- hemorrhage hem-or-rhage
- ironing i-ron-ing
- chronically chron-i-cal-ly
- foyer foy-er
- romantically ro-man-ti-cal-ly
- barre bar-re
- rationally ra-tion-al-ly
- deliverance de-liv-er-ance
- emphatically em-phat-i-cal-ly
- dialing di-al-ing
- intrinsically in-trin-si-cal-ly
- surgically sur-gi-cal-ly
- unequivocally un-e-quiv-o-cal-ly
- acreage a-cre-age
- federalist fed-er-al-ist
- nationalistic na-tion-al-is-tic
- radiance ra-di-ance
- alphabetically al-pha-bet-i-cal-ly
- categorically cat-e-gor-i-cal-ly
- dynamically dy-nam-i-cal-ly
- organically or-gan-i-cal-ly
- zoological zo-o-log-i-cal
- fantastically fan-tas-ti-cal-ly
- sumptuous sump-tu-ous
- uninterested un-in-ter-est-ed
- ideologically i-de-o-log-i-cal-ly
- superfluous su-per-flu-ous
- classically clas-si-cal-ly
- cheerfully cheer-ful-ly
- deafening deaf-en-ing
Can be said with more syllables 196
- our our
- really real-ly
- every ev-ery
- real real
- fire fire
- hour hour
- entire en-tire
- require re-quire
- entirely en-tire-ly
- tired tired
- inspired in-spired
- ourselves our-selves
- desire de-sire
- familiar fa-mil-iar
- empire em-pire
- retirement re-tire-ment
- valuable val-ua-ble
- ideal i-deal
- wire wire
- diamond dia-mond
- hire hire
- extraordinary ex-traor-di-nar-y
- initiative in-i-tia-tive
- genius ge-nius
- marijuana ma-ri-jua-na
- beloved be-loved
- desired de-sired
- tier tier
- convenient con-ven-ient
- acquire ac-quire
- medieval me-die-val
- retire re-tire
- convenience con-ven-ience
- tire tire
- flour flour
- doctrine doc-trine
- choir choir
- sour sour
- battalion bat-tal-ion
- wired wired
- ideally i-deal-ly
- auxiliary aux-il-ia-ry
- pneumonia pneu-mo-nia
- aisle aisle
- theorem theo-rem
- entirety en-tire-ty
- firearm fire-arm
- visually vis-ual-ly
- peculiar pe-cu-liar
- dire dire
- satire sat-ire
- cache cache
- surreal sur-real
- unreal un-real
- resilience re-sil-ience
- fiery fier-y
- fireplace fire-place
- invaluable in-val-ua-ble
- celestial ce-les-tial
- gunfire gun-fire
- resilient re-sil-ient
- attire at-tire
- diaper dia-per
- atheism a-the-ism
- sapphire sap-phire
- posterior pos-te-rior
- sire sire
- collegiate col-le-giate
- anesthesia an-es-the-sia
- glacial gla-cial
- collier col-lier
- transient tran-sient
- umpire um-pire
- ammonia am-mo-nia
- wildfire wild-fire
- amnesia am-ne-sia
- bonfire bon-fire
- ceasefire cease-fire
- bastion bas-tion
- memorabilia mem-o-ra-bil-ia
- subtly sub-tly
- conduit con-duit
- visualize vis-ual-ize
- fluoride fluo-ride
- familial fa-mil-ial
- negotiable ne-go-tia-ble
- magnolia mag-no-lia
- lien lien
- fireball fire-ball
- devour de-vour
- euthanasia eu-tha-na-sia
- firewood fire-wood
- firefly fire-fly
- campfire camp-fire
- cordial cor-dial
- genitalia gen-i-ta-lia
- tiresome tire-some
- epithelial ep-i-the-lial
- tireless tire-less
- wobbly wob-bly
- financier fi-nan-cier
- cranial cra-nial
- federalism fed-er-al-ism
- paraphernalia par-a-pher-na-lia
- scour scour
- cruelly cruel-ly
- fantasia fan-ta-sia
- hourglass hour-glass
- tiredness tired-ness
- javelin jave-lin
- ponce ponce
- firehouse fire-house
- rainier rain-ier
- deconstruction de-con-struct-ion
- idealist i-deal-ist
- leniency le-nien-cy
- conspire con-spire
- corneal cor-neal
- naturalism nat-u-ral-ism
- appreciable ap-pre-cia-ble
- associative as-so-cia-tive
- fireproof fire-proof
- moped moped
- surrealism sur-re-al-ism
- algorithmic al-go-rith-mic
- quagmire quag-mire
- reptilian rep-til-ian
- epithelium ep-i-the-lium
- mire mire
- fireside fire-side
- genial ge-nial
- omniscient om-nis-cient
- fluorine fluo-rine
- regalia re-ga-lia
- uninspired un-in-spired
- wiretapping wire-tap-ping
- firecracker fire-crack-er
- pyre pyre
- wiretap wire-tap
- theatrics theat-rics
- ambrosia am-bro-sia
- doer doer
- hardwired hard-wired
- ticklish tick-lish
- aphasia a-pha-sia
- conceptualize con-cep-tual-ize
- hessian hes-sian
- dour dour
- firebrand fire-brand
- hosiery ho-sier-y
- wiggly wig-gly
- misfire mis-fire
- varietal va-rie-tal
- sundial sun-dial
- appreciably ap-pre-cia-bly
- consortia con-sor-tia
- rewire re-wire
- bluesy blue-sy
- gardenia gar-de-nia
- mete mete
- bestial bes-tial
- puerile puer-ile
- transpire tran-spire
- serenely se-rene-ly
- fluorite fluo-rite
- obscenely ob-scene-ly
- prayerful prayer-ful
- clothier clo-thier
- giggly gig-gly
- realpolitik real-po-li-tik
- determinedly de-ter-mined-ly
- unexpired un-ex-pired
- sidereal si-dereal
- wiretapped wire-tapped
- bustier bust-ier
- firebomb fire-bomb
- idealize i-deal-ize
- intaglio in-tag-lio
- firebug fire-bug
- hieroglyph hier-o-glyph
- imbroglio im-bro-glio
- impatiens im-pa-tiens
- appreciatively ap-pre-cia-tive-ly
- twinkly twink-ly
- leniently le-nient-ly
- nonnegotiable non-ne-go-tia-ble
- collegian col-le-gian
- fluoresce fluo-resce
- foxfire fox-fire
- firebrick fire-brick
- bacchanalia bac-cha-na-lia
- insouciant in-sou-ciant
- firedamp fire-damp
- stylize styl-ize
- variegate var-ie-gate
- bonier bon-ier