Syllable Counter & Poetry Analyzer

Syllable Counter & Poetry Analyzer

Paste any text, lyric, or poem and instantly see how many syllables each word and line contains. The tool also validates classic forms — haiku (5-7-5), tanka (5-7-5-7-7), and limerick (8-8-5-5-8) — and can highlight estimated stressed syllables so you can audit the meter of your verse.

Unlike a chat-based assistant, this counter runs a deterministic algorithm in your browser using a phonetic dictionary plus fallback rules. The result is consistent, reproducible counts for songwriting, scansion practice, classroom exercises, and poetic-form revisions.

How to Use the Syllable Counter

1. Paste or type your text into the input area, or use one of the example buttons (haiku, sonnet excerpt, song lyrics).
2. Select an analysis mode. Standard shows per-word and per-line syllable counts. Haïku, Tankaet Limerick additionally validate each line against the expected pattern.
3. Optionally enable Highlight stressed syllables to mark the primary stress in multi-syllable content words.
4. Read the annotations: every word is suffixed with a small superscript showing its syllable count, and each line ends with a pill showing the line total. Pills turn green when a line matches the target pattern and red when it does not.
5. Check the Statistiques table below for totals, averages, and stressed-syllable estimates across the whole passage.

Caractéristiques

• Per-word syllable counts — every word is annotated with a superscript number.
• Per-line totals — pill badges on each line so you can scan meter at a glance.
• Validation de formulaire — built-in checks for haiku, tanka, and limerick patterns.
• Stress highlighting — optional first-stress detection for content words.
• Whole-passage statistics — totals, averages per line and per word, plus an estimated stressed-syllable count.
• Deterministic algorithm — uses the syllable library, not an AI guess, for repeatable results.
• Fonctionne entièrement dans votre navigateur — no text is uploaded to a server.

Cas d'utilisation

• Poets auditing meter, scansion, and traditional forms.
• Songwriters and lyricists matching syllables to melody and hook length.
• Students and teachers practising poetry analysis, prosody, and language arts.
• ESL learners comparing pronunciation against text shape.
• Copywriters tightening headlines and taglines to a specific rhythm.