Disclaimer
While the American English pronunciation of the letter Z is “zee” and the Commonwealth pronunciation is “zed,” either name can be pronounced in the same number of syllables. Therefore, the syllable counts should remain consistent across distinct varieties of the global language.
Introduction
While many letters can be pronounced in one or a few syllables, words containing such letters could also be pronounced in fewer syllables than the letters themselves in select cases.
Syllables
- A: 1
- B: 1
- C: 1
- D: 1
- E: 1
- F: 1
- G: 1
- H: 1
- I: 1
- J: 1
- K: 1
- L: 1
- M: 1
- N: 1
- O: 1
- P: 1
- Q: 1
- R: 1
- S: 1
- T: 1
- U: 1
- V: 1
- W: 3
- X: 1
- Y: 1
- Z: 1
