Hyphenation of alliteration

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word alliteration? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

al-lit-er-a-tion

Definitions of alliteration:

1.	Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse Around the rock the ragged rascal ran

Synonyms of alliteration:

noun	initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhyme, rhyme, rime

Last hyphenations of this language

dogmatized straight-limbed fine-grainedness unexcrescently tetragenous yeti allokinesis MPC rescindment yerba Criminology chopins worthinesses wormiest base-spirited well-past Medicine wansome wairing

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.