A syllable is a beat of sound in a word. The beat can sometimes be part of a word, or the whole word. For example 'window' has two beats ('win' – 'dow') but 'door' had just one ('door').

A syllable is a beat of sound in a word. The beat can sometimes be part of a word, or the whole word. For example 'window' has two beats ('win' – 'dow') but 'door' had just one ('door').

The ordering goes from the more specific to the less specific. The rule is the default rule. Because 'sigma' is not available to the internet, the '$' will be used to represent a syllable: # --> #$ or ...