Words similar to syllables

Example sentences for: syllables

How can you use “syllables” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The possibilities for representing English with a language of only forty-seven syllables are not that numerous, and the rules are very consistent.
A spoonerism, or more technically, a methathesis, is the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word or phrase.
Then there's pseudonym , (false name), eponym (named for a person, e.g., sandwich after Lord Sandwich), and acronym (formed from the initial letters or syllables of a group of words, e.g., snafu meaning Situation Normal; All Fouled Up or laser meaning Light Amplification Stimulated Emissions Radiation).
It must have two syllables and begin with S, for some reason.
Before I go back to bed and try to shake this damn flu, one more thing: the lovely piece in today's New York Times advertising column about the "Cash" machine, which digitally compresses the pauses and long syllables out of talk shows so that local stations can sell more commercial time.