import re from num2words import num2words SYL_DICT_PATH = "Syllables.txt" SYL_DICT = None def count_syllables(word): global SYL_DICT if SYL_DICT is None: SYL_DICT = get_syllables_dict(SYL_DICT_PATH) if word in SYL_DICT: return SYL_DICT.get(word)["num_syllables"] else: return sylco(word) def get_syllables_dict(path): with open(path, "r") as f: lines = f.readlines() duplicates = {} syllable_dict = {} for line in lines: word, syllables = line.split("=") syllables = [s for s in re.split("[^a-zA-Z]+", syllables) if len(s) > 0] if word in syllable_dict: duplicates[word] = 1 else: syllable_dict[word] = { "num_syllables": len(syllables), "suffixes": syllables, } return syllable_dict def replace_numbers_with_words(text): def replace_match(match): number = int(match.group()) return num2words(number) return re.sub(r"\b\d+\b", replace_match, text) def sylco(word): """Credit to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46759492/""" word = word.lower() word = replace_numbers_with_words(word) # exception_add are words that need extra syllables # exception_del are words that need less syllables exception_add = ["serious", "crucial"] exception_del = ["fortunately", "unfortunately"] co_one = [ "cool", "coach", "coat", "coal", "count", "coin", "coarse", "coup", "coif", "cook", "coign", "coiffe", "coof", "court", ] co_two = ["coapt", "coed", "coinci"] pre_one = ["preach"] syls = 0 # added syllable number disc = 0 # discarded syllable number # 1) if letters < 3 : return 1 if len(word) <= 3: syls = 1 return syls # 2) if doesn't end with "ted" or "tes" or "ses" or "ied" or "ies", discard "es" and "ed" at the end. # if it has only 1 vowel or 1 set of consecutive vowels, discard. (like "speed", "fled" etc.) if word[-2:] == "es" or word[-2:] == "ed": doubleAndtripple_1 = len(re.findall(r"[eaoui][eaoui]", word)) if doubleAndtripple_1 > 1 or len(re.findall(r"[eaoui][^eaoui]", word)) > 1: if ( word[-3:] == "ted" or word[-3:] == "tes" or word[-3:] == "ses" or word[-3:] == "ied" or word[-3:] == "ies" ): pass else: disc += 1 # 3) discard trailing "e", except where ending is "le" le_except = [ "whole", "mobile", "pole", "male", "female", "hale", "pale", "tale", "sale", "aisle", "whale", "while", ] if word[-1:] == "e": if word[-2:] == "le" and word not in le_except: pass else: disc += 1 # 4) check if consecutive vowels exists, triplets or pairs, count them as one. doubleAndtripple = len(re.findall(r"[eaoui][eaoui]", word)) tripple = len(re.findall(r"[eaoui][eaoui][eaoui]", word)) disc += doubleAndtripple + tripple # 5) count remaining vowels in word. numVowels = len(re.findall(r"[eaoui]", word)) # 6) add one if starts with "mc" if word[:2] == "mc": syls += 1 # 7) add one if ends with "y" but is not surrouned by vowel if word[-1:] == "y" and word[-2] not in "aeoui": syls += 1 # 8) add one if "y" is surrounded by non-vowels and is not in the last word. for i, j in enumerate(word): if j == "y": if (i != 0) and (i != len(word) - 1): if word[i - 1] not in "aeoui" and word[i + 1] not in "aeoui": syls += 1 # 9) if starts with "tri-" or "bi-" and is followed by a vowel, add one. if word[:3] == "tri" and word[3] in "aeoui": syls += 1 if word[:2] == "bi" and word[2] in "aeoui": syls += 1 # 10) if ends with "-ian", should be counted as two syllables, except for "-tian" and "-cian" if word[-3:] == "ian": # and (word[-4:] != "cian" or word[-4:] != "tian") : if word[-4:] == "cian" or word[-4:] == "tian": pass else: syls += 1 # 11) if starts with "co-" and is followed by a vowel, check if exists in the double syllable dictionary, if not, check if in single dictionary and act accordingly. if word[:2] == "co" and word[2] in "eaoui": if word[:4] in co_two or word[:5] in co_two or word[:6] in co_two: syls += 1 elif word[:4] in co_one or word[:5] in co_one or word[:6] in co_one: pass else: syls += 1 # 12) if starts with "pre-" and is followed by a vowel, check if exists in the double syllable dictionary, if not, check if in single dictionary and act accordingly. if word[:3] == "pre" and word[3] in "eaoui": if word[:6] in pre_one: pass else: syls += 1 # 13) check for "-n't" and cross match with dictionary to add syllable. negative = ["doesn't", "isn't", "shouldn't", "couldn't", "wouldn't"] if word[-3:] == "n't": if word in negative: syls += 1 else: pass # 14) Handling the exceptional words. if word in exception_del: disc += 1 if word in exception_add: syls += 1 # calculate the output return numVowels - disc + syls