tariqksoliman/syllarhyme

An npm package for counting syllables and rhyming words.

SyllaRhyme

An npm package for counting syllables and rhyming words.

Installation

npm install syllarhyme

Nodeless

If you want it working straight in a browser:

• Copy the contents of the nodeless/SyllaRhyme folder.

• Make sure the file paths at the top of SyllaRhyme.js point correctly.

• Then just include the script with UTF-8 encoding:

  <script src="SyllaRhyme/SyllaRhyme.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Usage

var SyllaRhyme = require( 'syllarhyme' ); //if using Node  

SyllaRhyme( function( sr ) {
    console.log( sr.rhymes( 'rhymes' ) );
    //["chimes", "dime's", "dimes", "heims", "himes", "hymes", "imes", "kimes", "climbs", "climes", "limes", "grimes", "crime's", "crimes", "crymes", "prime's", "primes", "rimes", "simes", "symes", "sometimes", "time's", "times", "times'"]
    console.log( sr.rhymesWith( 'rhymes', 'with' ) );
    //false
    console.log( sr.pronunciation( 'pronunciation' ) );
    //["P R OW0 N AH2 N S IY0 EY1 SH AH0 N", "P R AH0 N AH2 N S IY0 EY1 SH AH0 N"]
    console.log( sr.pronunciation( 'pronunciation', 'ipa' ) );
    //["p r oʊ n ʌ n s i eɪ ʃ ə n", "p r ə n ʌ n s i eɪ ʃ ə n"]
    console.log( sr.syllables( 'syllables' ) );
    //3
} );

Functions

rhymes( word )

• Returns a string array of all matching rhyming words (excluding itself).

rhymesWith( word1, word2 )

• Returns a boolean of whether the words rhyme (true if words are the same).

pronunciation( word, type optional )

• Returns a string array of possible pronunciations with space separated phonemes. By default it returns Arpabet transcriptions. If type is set to 'ipa', it'll return IPA transcriptions instead.

syllables( str )

• Return an int indicating the number of syllables in word/sentence/string.