Syllables

gistfile1.txt

VOWELS = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u',]

def syllables(word):
    ''' Really basic syllable counter '''
    num = 0
    previously_vowel = False
    for char in word:
        if char in VOWELS:
            if not previously_vowel:
                num += 1
            previously_vowel = True
        else:
            previously_vowel = False
    return num



from hyphen import Hyphenator

def syllables2(word):
    ''' Better syllable counter using PyHyphen '''
    h_gb = Hyphenator('en_GB')
    return len(h_gb.syllables(u'ligature'))