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How Many Syllables In Hair?

1syllable

Hair has 1 syllable. It is a monosyllabic word.

hair

/heə/ UK   /her/ US

Stress

A one syllable word is stressed on that syllable when it is said on its own.

Syllable Structure

CV

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Division By Sound

/heə/

Division By Letters

hair

A spelling guide that follows the sound division.

Tree Diagram Of Hair

SORPCChVeəØ

S syllable, O onset, R rime, P peak, C coda, Ø no coda.

Parts Of Each Syllable

SyllableOnsetPeakCodaPatternType
1heə–CVopen
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Questions Students Ask

How many syllables are in hair?
Hair has 1 syllable. In British English it is transcribed /heə/.
What is the syllable structure of hair?
Hair has the structure CV, where C is a consonant sound and V is a vowel sound.

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