Syllables is a fast, simple syllable estimator for Python. It's intended for use in places where speed matters. For situations where accuracy matters, please consider the cmudict Python library instead.

syllables is available on PyPI. Simply install it with pip:

pip install syllables

Syllables provides a single function, estimate, which estimates the number of syllables in a single word.

>>> import syllables
>>> syllables.estimate('estimate')
4
>>> syllables.estimate('syllables')
3

Built on or modeled after the following open source projects:

• One Bloke: Counting Syllables Accurately in Python on Google App Engine