How many syllables in read?

There is 1 syllable in the word read.

How to pronounce read:

read (verb):: to utter aloud the printed or written words of; to look at and understand or take in (written or printed matter); to study the movements of with mental formulation of the communication expressed; to receive or take in the sense of (letters, symbols, etc.) especially by sight or touch

anagram

anagrammatise

anagrammatize

construe

decipher

dip into

interpret

lip-read

lipread

reread

say

see

skim

speech-read

trace

Here are some other common 1-syllable words.

Syllable Fun Fact

Syllable contact laws govern the permissible combinations of consonants at syllable boundaries within and across words.

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