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Syllable counter

Paste a stanza or type line by line. See totals and per-word beats from the same pronunciation engine that powers the lyriic editor — a syllable counter built for poems and lyrics.

Try a sample

17syllables3 lines

Line readout

  1. 5

    An old silent pond

    an1old1silent2pond1

  2. 7

    A frog jumps into the pond

    a1frog1jumps1into2the1pond1

  3. 5

    Splash! Silence again

    splash1silence2again2

Each line shows a syllable total, with a per-word breakdown so you can spot where a beat runs short or long. Try the haiku, iambic, or lyric samples to get a feel for the readout.

Counts prefer the primary pronunciation from a fused US dictionary (Misaki, CMUdict, WikiPron). Hyphenated compounds are split and summed; words missing from the dictionary fall back to a spelling heuristic (shown in italics).

For live counts beside the cursor, meter rulers, and per-draft overrides, open the full editor — nothing leaves your device.

Common questions

Is this syllable counter free?
Yes. The tool runs in your browser on lyriic.com with no account and no upload of your text to a server for counting.
How do I count syllables in a poem?
Paste or type your lines into the counter. Each line shows a total, with a per-word breakdown so you can see which words stretch or shorten the beat. For fixed forms, open a form checker (haiku, sonnet, limerick) to compare against the target pattern.
Can I use this as a syllable counter for haiku?
Yes for raw line totals. For a 5-7-5 haiku check with live deltas against the teaching form, use the dedicated haiku checker. Open the haiku checker
How accurate are the counts?
Most English words use primary pronunciations from the bundled dictionary. Ambiguous poetic words can be overridden in the full lyriic editor: hover or tap the word and open Syllables.
Can I use it for song lyrics?
Yes. Per-line totals help match syllable counts to a melody or flow, whether you are writing verse, chorus, or spoken word.
Does my text move into the editor?
Yes, when you continue with a draft you edited here (not an untouched sample). lyriic carries that text into the editor once via a short-lived browser handoff — nothing is uploaded. Continue in the editor