Syllables World: Mastering Syllable Identification

How many syllables in Tapered?

tapered has 2 syllables

ta-pered

gradually narrow towards one end

The first syllable 'ta' has a vowel 'a' and a consonant 't'. The second syllable 'pered' has two vowels 'e' and 'e' and two consonants 'p' and 'r'.

Adjective

The tapered candle was perfect for the fancy dinner party.

Verb

She tapered her pants to make them fit better.

"Gratitude is a tapering thing, and humility is a very unattractive quality." - David Herbert Lawrence
"Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind. Deceit to secrecy confin'd, courage to fear resign'd; hatred does his worst, to find and blind the eyes of the mind." - William Blake
"Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good." - Lao Tzu
"The world is a tapering cone, and what is coming will be worse than what has been." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"The tapering fingers spread out like starfish and then curled up like claws." - L. Frank Baum