5 Syllable Words
Five-syllable words from the CMU dictionary, grouped by first letter, with stress patterns and notes on using a single long word as a haiku line.
This page lists 2,562 five-syllable words, grouped by first letter, with stress patterns for each. Words whose dictionary pronunciations disagree on syllable count are left out and collected on a separate page. Jump to the list or to the haiku tips; for a shorter step up, try the four-syllable list.
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A275 words
- abbreviated
- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abbreviations
- aberrational
- abnormalities
- abnormality
- abolitionist
- abolitionists
- abominable
- abomination
- abominations
- aboriginal
- aborigine
- aborigines
- abortifacient
- abortifacients
- abracadabra
- absenteeism
- absolutism
- academia
- academically
- academician
- academicians
- accelerated
- accelerating
- acceleration
- accelerator
- accelerators
- accentuated
- accentuating
- accidentally
- accommodated
- accommodating
- accommodation
- accommodations
- accommodative
- accompanying
- accreditation
- accreditations
- accumulated
- accumulating
- accumulation
- accumulations
- accumulative
- accumulator
- accumulators
- accusatory
- acetylcholine
- aciduria
- acrimonious
- actuality
- actuarial
- adenovirus
- adjudicated
- adjudicating
- adjudication
- administering
- administrating
- administration
- administrations
- administrative
- administrator
- administrators
- admonitory
- adulterated
- adulteration
- adventurism
- adversarial
- advertorial
- advertorials
- aerodynamic
- aerodynamics
- aeronautical
- affectionately
- affiliated
- affiliating
- affiliation
- affiliations
- affirmatively
- aficionado
- aficionados
- afterimages
- agglomeration
- aggressivity
- agonizingly
- agricultural
- agrochemical
- agrochemicals
- alcoholism
- aleatory
- algebraically
- algorithmic
- alienated
- alienating
- alienation
- alimentary
- alkalinity
- allegorical
- alleviated
- alleviating
- alleviation
- alliteration
- alliterative
- alphabetical
- alphabetically
- alphabetizes
- alphabetizing
- alphanumeric
- alternatively
- amalgamated
- amalgamating
- amalgamation
- amaryllises
- amateurism
- ambassadorship
- ambassadorships
- ambiguities
- ambiguity
- ambulatory
- ameliorated
- amelioration
- americium
- amortization
- amoxicillin
- amphitheater
- amphitheaters
- amplification
- amplifications
- anachronism
- anachronisms
- anachronistic
- analytical
- analytically
- analyzable
- anaphylaxis
- anatomical
- anatomically
- anecdotally
- anemometer
- anencephalic
- anencephaly
- angioplasty
- angiotensin
- animosities
- animosity
- annihilated
- annihilating
- annihilation
- anniversaries
- anniversary
- anonymity
- anonymously
- anorexia
- antagonism
- antagonisms
- antagonistic
- antagonizing
- anthropocentric
- anthropogenic
- anthropologist
- anthropologists
- anthropology
- anthropomorphic
- antiabortion
- antibiotic
- antibiotics
- anticipated
- anticipating
- anticipation
- anticipations
- anticlimactic
- anticommunist
- anticorruption
- antidepressant
- antidepressants
- antigovernment
- antihistamine
- antihistamines
- antioxidant
- antioxidants
- antipersonnel
- antipoverty
- antisubmarine
- antitakeover
- antithetical
- aphrodisiac
- apocalyptic
- apolitical
- apologetic
- apologises
- apologising
- apologizes
- apologizing
- apothecary
- apotheosis
- apparatuses
- appendectomies
- appendectomy
- appendicitis
- appreciated
- appreciating
- appreciation
- appropriated
- appropriately
- appropriateness
- appropriating
- appropriation
- appropriations
- appropriator
- appropriators
- approximated
- approximately
- approximating
- approximation
- approximations
- arbitrarily
- arbitrariness
- archaeologist
- archaeologists
- archaeology
- archeology
- archipelago
- architectural
- argumentation
- argumentative
- aristocracy
- aristocratic
- articulated
- articulating
- articulation
- artificially
- artiodactyl
- artiodactyls
- asphyxiated
- asphyxiating
- assassinated
- assassinating
- assassination
- assassinations
- assemblywoman
- assimilated
- assimilating
- assimilation
- associated
- associating
- association
- associations
- astigmatism
- astonishingly
- astrological
- astronautical
- astronomical
- astronomically
- astrophysicist
- asymmetrical
- asymptomatic
- athleticism
- attenuated
- attenuation
- attitudinal
- attributable
- auditorium
- auditoriums
- authenticated
- authenticating
- authentication
- authentications
- authenticity
- authoritative
- authorization
- authorizations
- automatically
- autonomously
- axiomatic
B31 words
- baccalaureate
- balkanization
- basophilia
- behaviorally
- beneficially
- benevolences
- bibliographic
- bibliographies
- bibliography
- bicentenary
- bicentennial
- bidirectional
- bilaterally
- bilingualism
- biochemical
- biochemistry
- bioengineer
- bioengineered
- biographical
- biological
- biologically
- biologicals
- biomedical
- biosciences
- biostatistics
- biosynthesis
- bipartisanship
- bougainvillea
- bradycardia
- braggadocio
- brutalization
C242 words
- cafeteria
- cafeterias
- camaraderie
- cannibalism
- cannibalizing
- canonization
- capabilities
- capability
- capitalism
- capitalistic
- capitalizes
- capitalizing
- capitulated
- capitulation
- carboniferous
- carcinogenic
- cardiologist
- cardiologists
- cardiology
- caricaturist
- categorical
- categorically
- categorizes
- categorizing
- cauterization
- celebratory
- centenarian
- centenarians
- centralization
- cephalosporin
- ceremonial
- certification
- certifications
- characteristic
- characteristics
- characterizes
- characterizing
- chemotherapy
- cholestyramine
- choreographer
- choreographers
- choreographic
- choreographing
- choreography
- chromatography
- chronological
- chronologically
- circularizing
- circulatory
- circumnavigate
- circumstantially
- civilization
- civilizations
- clarification
- clarifications
- classifiable
- classification
- classifications
- claustrophobia
- climatologist
- climatologists
- coagulating
- coagulation
- codification
- cogeneration
- cogenerator
- cogenerators
- cohabitation
- coincidences
- coincidental
- collaborated
- collaborating
- collaboration
- collaborations
- collaborator
- collaborators
- collateralize
- collateralized
- collectivism
- colonialist
- colonialists
- colonization
- coloratura
- colorization
- commemorated
- commemorating
- commemoration
- commemorations
- commensurately
- commercialism
- commercializing
- commiserating
- commonalities
- commonality
- commonsensical
- communicable
- communicated
- communicating
- communication
- communications
- communicative
- communicator
- communicators
- communization
- comparatively
- compartmentalize
- compartmentalized
- compassionately
- compensatory
- competitively
- competitiveness
- complimentary
- compositional
- comprehensible
- comprehensively
- computational
- computerizing
- concatenated
- concatenating
- concatenation
- conceptualizes
- conceptually
- concessionary
- conciliation
- conciliator
- concomitantly
- condominium
- condominiums
- conductivity
- confabulation
- confectionaries
- confectionary
- confectionery
- confederation
- confidentially
- configuration
- configurations
- confirmatory
- confiscatory
- conformational
- confrontational
- conglomeration
- congratulated
- congratulating
- congratulation
- congratulations
- congregational
- connectivity
- connotational
- conscientiously
- consecutively
- conservationist
- conservationists
- conservatism
- conservatively
- conservatories
- conservatorship
- conservatory
- considerable
- considerably
- consideration
- considerations
- consolidated
- consolidating
- consolidation
- consolidations
- consolidator
- consolidators
- conspicuously
- constabulary
- constituencies
- constituency
- constitutional
- consumerism
- contaminated
- contaminating
- contamination
- contemporaries
- contemporary
- continentally
- continuances
- continuation
- continuity
- continuously
- contractionary
- contractually
- contradictory
- contributory
- conventionally
- conversational
- cooperating
- cooperative
- cooperatively
- coordinated
- coordinating
- coordination
- coordinator
- coordinators
- copyrightable
- cornucopia
- corporatism
- correspondingly
- corroborated
- corroborating
- corroboration
- corticosteroid
- corticosteroids
- cosmetology
- cosmopolitan
- counterattacking
- counterbalances
- counterbalancing
- countercultural
- counteroffensive
- counteroffensives
- counterproductive
- counterproposal
- counterproposals
- counterterrorist
- counterterrorists
- creationism
- creativity
- credibility
- creditworthiness
- crematoria
- crematorium
- criminalistics
- criminality
- criminalizing
- criminologist
- criminologists
- criminology
- criticality
- crystallographer
- crystallography
- culpability
- cumulatively
- curatorial
- curiosities
- curiosity
- customarily
- cyclicality
D190 words
- deactivated
- debilitated
- debilitating
- decaffeinated
- decaffeinating
- decaffeination
- decapitated
- decapitation
- decapitations
- decelerated
- decelerating
- deceleration
- decentralizing
- declaratory
- decommissioning
- decomposition
- decontaminate
- decriminalize
- defamatory
- defenestration
- defibrillator
- defibrillators
- definitively
- deflationary
- deforestation
- degeneracy
- degenerated
- degenerating
- degeneration
- degenerative
- dehumanizing
- dehumidified
- dehumidifies
- dehumidify
- deification
- deleterious
- deliberated
- deliberating
- deliberation
- deliberations
- delicatessen
- delicatessens
- delineated
- delineating
- delineation
- demagoguery
- demilitarize
- demilitarized
- demobilizes
- demobilizing
- democratically
- democratizes
- democratizing
- demodulated
- demodulation
- demographically
- demonization
- demoralizing
- denationalize
- denationalized
- denominated
- denomination
- denominations
- denominator
- densitometer
- denuclearized
- denunciation
- denunciations
- deontology
- departmentalize
- departmentalized
- depilatory
- depopulation
- depositary
- depositional
- depository
- depreciated
- depreciating
- depreciation
- depreciations
- depressurizes
- depressurizing
- deregulated
- deregulating
- deregulation
- dermatologist
- dermatologists
- dermatology
- derogatory
- desalination
- desegregated
- desegregation
- desensitizing
- desiderata
- destabilizing
- deteriorate
- deteriorates
- determinable
- determination
- determinations
- determinative
- determinism
- deterministic
- detoxication
- devaluated
- devaluation
- devaluations
- devastatingly
- developable
- developmental
- diabolical
- diacritical
- diagonally
- diagrammatic
- dialectical
- diamagnetic
- diastrophism
- dictatorial
- differentiate
- differentiates
- dilapidated
- diplomatically
- directorial
- disabilities
- disability
- disadvantageous
- disagreeable
- disallowances
- disappearances
- disappointingly
- disassociate
- disciplinary
- discoloration
- discolorations
- discombobulate
- discombobulates
- discontentedly
- discontentedness
- discontinuance
- discontinuing
- discretionary
- discriminated
- discriminating
- discrimination
- discriminative
- disembarkation
- disenfranchisement
- disestablishment
- dishonorable
- disillusioning
- disillusionment
- disinclination
- disinformation
- disingenuous
- disintegrated
- disintegrating
- disintegration
- disobedience
- disobedient
- disoriented
- disorienting
- disparagingly
- dispassionately
- disproportionate
- disqualifying
- disreputable
- dissatisfaction
- disseminated
- disseminating
- dissemination
- dissociation
- distinguishable
- distributorship
- distributorships
- diversifying
- diversionary
- diverticula
- diverticulum
- divertimento
- documentaries
- documentary
- documentation
- domesticated
- domesticating
- domestication
- domesticity
- dramatization
- dramatizations
- durability
- dynamometer
E196 words
- eccentricities
- eccentricity
- ecclesiastic
- echolocation
- ecological
- ecologically
- econometric
- econometrics
- economical
- economically
- economizes
- economizing
- ecumenical
- edification
- editorial
- editorials
- educational
- egomaniac
- egotistical
- elaborated
- elaborating
- elaboration
- elasticity
- electioneering
- electricity
- electrifying
- electrocuted
- electrocution
- electrocutions
- electrolysis
- electrolytic
- electromagnet
- electromagnets
- electroplating
- electrostatic
- eliminated
- eliminating
- elimination
- eliminations
- elucidated
- elucidative
- emaciated
- emaciating
- emancipated
- emancipating
- emancipation
- emancipations
- emasculated
- embarcadero
- embarrassingly
- embryology
- empiricism
- emulsifier
- emulsifying
- encapsulated
- encapsulating
- encephalitis
- encyclopedic
- encyclopedist
- endometrial
- endothelial
- energetically
- enterococcus
- enthusiasm
- enthusiasms
- enthusiastic
- entomologist
- entomologists
- entomology
- entrepreneurship
- enumerated
- enumeration
- enunciated
- enunciating
- environmental
- epicurean
- epigenetic
- epigrammatic
- epistolary
- epitomizes
- equalization
- equanimity
- equatorial
- equiangular
- equilibria
- equilibrium
- equivalency
- equivocating
- equivocation
- eradicable
- eradicated
- eradicating
- eradication
- ergonomically
- eroticism
- erroneously
- erythropoietin
- esophageal
- ethnocentrism
- etiologies
- etiology
- etymology
- euphemistically
- evacuated
- evacuating
- evacuation
- evacuations
- evaluated
- evaluating
- evaluation
- evaluations
- evangelical
- evangelism
- evangelistic
- evaporated
- evaporating
- evaporation
- evaporator
- evenhandedly
- eviscerated
- exacerbated
- exacerbating
- exacerbation
- exacerbations
- exaggerated
- exaggerating
- exaggeration
- exaggerations
- examination
- examinations
- exasperated
- exasperating
- exasperation
- exclusionary
- exclusivity
- excommunicate
- excoriated
- excoriating
- excoriation
- excruciating
- exculpatory
- executioner
- executioners
- exemplifying
- exercisable
- exfoliation
- exhibitionist
- exhibitionists
- exhilarated
- exhilarating
- exhilaration
- exonerated
- exonerating
- exoneration
- exoskeleton
- expansionary
- expansionism
- expatriation
- expediency
- expeditiously
- experiences
- experiencing
- experiential
- experimental
- experimented
- experimenter
- experimenters
- experimenting
- expiratory
- explanatory
- exploratory
- exponentially
- expressionism
- expressionistic
- expressivity
- expropriated
- expropriation
- expropriations
- extenuating
- exterminated
- exterminating
- extermination
- exterminator
- exterminators
- extracellular
- extragalactic
- extramarital
- extraneously
- extraordinaire
- extrapolated
- extrapolating
- extrapolation
- extrasensory
- extravagantly
- extravaganza
- extravaganzas
F29 words
- facilitated
- facilitating
- facilitation
- facilitator
- facilitators
- factionalism
- fallibility
- falsification
- familiarity
- fanaticism
- favoritism
- feasibility
- femininity
- ferromagnetic
- fertilization
- fiduciaries
- fiduciary
- figuratively
- filibustering
- flammability
- flexibility
- formalization
- fortification
- fortifications
- fossiliferous
- functionality
- fundamentalist
- fundamentalists
- fundamentally
G38 words
- gametangia
- gasification
- gastrovascular
- genealogy
- generalities
- generality
- generational
- generosity
- geniality
- gentrification
- geochemistry
- geographical
- geological
- geomagnetic
- geometrical
- geometrically
- geophysical
- geopolitics
- geotropism
- geriatrician
- geriatricians
- gerontologist
- gerontology
- gerrymandering
- globalization
- glorification
- goniometer
- governmentally
- gradualism
- gratification
- gratuitously
- gravitational
- gravitationally
- gullibility
- gynecologic
- gynecologist
- gynecologists
- gynecology
H74 words
- haberdashery
- hagiography
- hallucinated
- hallucinating
- hallucination
- hallucinations
- halogenated
- harmoniously
- harmonization
- hematology
- hemocyanin
- hemodynamic
- hemodynamics
- hemophilia
- hemophiliacs
- hereditary
- hermaphroditic
- heterocercal
- heterodoxy
- heterogeneous
- heterosporous
- heterotrophic
- heterozygous
- hexachlorophene
- hilariously
- hippopotamus
- homeopathic
- homeopathy
- homeostasis
- homeostatic
- homogeneous
- homophobia
- homosexual
- homosexuals
- honoraria
- honorarium
- honorariums
- hooliganism
- horizontally
- horticultural
- horticulturist
- hospitality
- humidifier
- humidifiers
- humiliated
- humiliating
- humiliation
- humiliations
- hybridization
- hydrocephalic
- hydrocephalus
- hydrocortisone
- hydroelectric
- hydrogenated
- hydrogenating
- hydrogenation
- hydrotherapy
- hyperborean
- hypercritical
- hyperinflation
- hyperkinetic
- hyperopia
- hypersensitive
- hypochondria
- hypochondriac
- hypocritical
- hypoglycemic
- hypothalamic
- hypothalamus
- hypothermia
- hypothetical
- hypothetically
- hysterectomies
- hysterectomy
I359 words
- iconoclasm
- iconoclastic
- iconography
- idealistic
- identifier
- identifiers
- identifying
- ideologies
- ideologist
- ideologists
- ideology
- idiomatic
- idiopathic
- idiotically
- ignominious
- illegalities
- illegality
- illegitimate
- illiquidity
- illiteracy
- illuminated
- illuminating
- illumination
- illuminator
- illusionary
- illusionism
- imaginable
- imaginary
- imagination
- imaginations
- imaginative
- immaculately
- immaterial
- immaturity
- immeasurable
- immeasurably
- immediacy
- immediately
- immemorial
- immobility
- immobilizing
- immorality
- immortality
- immortalizes
- immortalizing
- immunization
- immunizations
- immunologist
- immunology
- impenetrable
- imperceptible
- imperceptibly
- imperialist
- imperialists
- impermissible
- impersonated
- impersonating
- impersonation
- impersonator
- impersonators
- implementation
- implementations
- imponderable
- imponderables
- impracticable
- impresario
- impressionable
- impressionism
- impressionistic
- improprieties
- impropriety
- improvisation
- improvisations
- inability
- inaccessible
- inaccuracies
- inaccuracy
- inaccurately
- inactivated
- inactivation
- inactivity
- inadequacies
- inadequacy
- inadequately
- inadmissible
- inadmissibly
- inadvertently
- inadvisable
- inalienable
- inapplicable
- inappropriate
- inarticulate
- inaugurated
- inaugurating
- inauguration
- inaugurations
- incalculable
- incantatory
- incapacitate
- incapacity
- incarcerated
- incarcerating
- incarceration
- incendiary
- incinerated
- incinerating
- incineration
- incinerator
- incinerators
- incivility
- incoherently
- incomparable
- incomparably
- incompatible
- incompetency
- incompetently
- incompressible
- inconceivable
- inconclusively
- incongruity
- incongruously
- inconsequential
- inconsistencies
- inconsistency
- inconveniences
- incorporated
- incorporating
- incorporation
- incorporations
- incorrigible
- incredulity
- incrementally
- incriminating
- incrimination
- indecisiveness
- indefeasible
- indefensible
- indefinable
- indefinitely
- indemnifying
- independently
- indescribable
- indestructible
- indeterminate
- indigenously
- indiscriminate
- indispensable
- indisputable
- indisputably
- individual
- individuals
- indivisible
- indoctrinated
- indoctrination
- indomitable
- industrialist
- industrialists
- industrialize
- industrialized
- industrially
- inebriated
- inebriating
- ineffectiveness
- ineffectual
- inefficiencies
- inefficiency
- inefficiently
- ineligible
- inequalities
- inequality
- inequitable
- inescapable
- inescapably
- inevitable
- inevitably
- inexcusable
- inexcusably
- inexhaustible
- inexorable
- inexorably
- inexpensively
- inexperience
- inexperienced
- inexplicable
- inexplicably
- inextricable
- inextricably
- infatuated
- infatuating
- infatuation
- infertility
- infidelities
- infidelity
- inflammatory
- inflationary
- informality
- informational
- infuriated
- infuriating
- ingenuity
- ingratiating
- inhabitation
- inheritable
- inhibitory
- inhospitable
- inhumanity
- inimitable
- initiated
- initiating
- initiation
- initiator
- initiators
- innumerable
- inoculated
- inoculation
- inoculations
- inoperable
- inoperative
- inordinately
- insectivorous
- insecurities
- insecurity
- insemination
- inseparable
- inseparably
- insignificance
- insignificant
- insinuated
- insinuating
- insinuation
- insinuations
- inspirational
- instabilities
- instability
- instantaneous
- instantiated
- instantiating
- instantiation
- institutional
- instrumentalist
- instrumentalists
- instrumentation
- insubordinate
- insufferable
- insufficiency
- insufficiently
- insularity
- insupportable
- insurmountable
- intellectual
- intellectuals
- intelligently
- intelligible
- intelligibly
- intensifying
- intentionally
- interagency
- intercellular
- interchangeable
- interchangeably
- intercollegiate
- intercompany
- interconnected
- interconnection
- interconnections
- intercultural
- interdependence
- interdependent
- interestingly
- interlocutor
- interlocutors
- intermediate
- intermediates
- interminable
- interminably
- intermittently
- international
- internationals
- interpersonal
- interpolated
- interpolation
- interpolations
- interpretation
- interpretations
- interprovincial
- interrelated
- interrogated
- interrogating
- interrogation
- interrogations
- interrogator
- interrogators
- interruptible
- interscholastic
- interventionist
- interventionists
- intimidated
- intimidating
- intimidation
- intolerable
- intolerably
- intoxicated
- intoxicating
- intoxication
- intracellular
- intracompany
- intracranial
- intraocular
- intraspecific
- intrauterine
- intravenously
- intrepidity
- introductory
- intuitively
- invalidated
- invalidating
- invalidation
- invariable
- invariably
- investigated
- investigating
- investigation
- investigations
- investigative
- investigator
- investigators
- invigorated
- invigorating
- inviolable
- invitational
- involuntary
- invulnerable
- ionization
- ionospheric
- irradiated
- irradiation
- irredentism
- irrefutable
- irregularly
- irrelevancy
- irreparable
- irreparably
- irreplaceable
- irrepressible
- irresistible
- irresistibly
- irresponsible
- irresponsibly
- irretrievably
- irreversible
- irreversibly
- irrevocable
- irrevocably
- isocyanate
- isolationist
- isolationists
- isomorphism
- itineraries
- itinerary
J10 words
- janitorial
- judiciary
- jurisdictional
- jurisprudential
- justifiable
- justifiably
- justification
- justifications
- juxtaposition
- juxtapositions
L27 words
- laboriously
- lackadaisical
- lactobacillus
- laryngoscopy
- latitudinal
- legalization
- legibility
- legislatively
- legitimacy
- legitimately
- legitimizes
- legitimizing
- lesbianism
- lexicographer
- lexicographers
- liabilities
- liability
- liberalism
- liberality
- liberalizes
- liberalizing
- libertarian
- libertarians
- localization
- lollapalooza
- lollapaloozas
- longitudinal
M160 words
- macadamia
- magisterial
- magnetization
- magnetometer
- magnetometers
- magnification
- magnifications
- magnificently
- managerial
- maneuverable
- manifestation
- manifestations
- manipulated
- manipulating
- manipulation
- manipulations
- manipulative
- manipulator
- manipulators
- manufacturer
- manufacturers
- manufacturing
- maquiladora
- maquiladoras
- marginalizes
- marginalizing
- masculinity
- materialist
- materialize
- materialized
- materially
- mathematical
- mathematician
- mathematicians
- matriculated
- matriculating
- matrilineal
- matrimonial
- maximization
- mechanization
- medicinally
- mediocrity
- megalopolis
- melodramatic
- memorabilia
- memorialize
- memorialized
- mercantilism
- meritocracy
- meritorious
- metabolism
- metabolisms
- metallurgical
- metamorphosis
- metaphorical
- metaphorically
- metaphysical
- methamphetamine
- methodologies
- methodology
- meticulously
- metropolitan
- metropolitans
- microbreweries
- microbrewery
- microcomputer
- microcomputers
- micromanagement
- micromanages
- micromanaging
- microprocessor
- microprocessors
- microscopically
- microwavable
- militarily
- militarism
- militaristic
- mineralogist
- mineralogy
- minicomputer
- minicomputers
- minimalism
- ministerial
- miraculously
- misallocated
- misallocating
- misallocation
- misapplication
- misapprehension
- misappropriate
- misappropriates
- miscalculated
- miscalculation
- miscalculations
- miscellaneous
- mischaracterize
- mischaracterized
- miscibility
- misdiagnoses
- misdiagnosis
- misidentified
- misidentifies
- misidentify
- misinformation
- misinterpreted
- misinterpreting
- misrepresented
- misrepresenting
- misunderstanding
- misunderstandings
- mitochondria
- mitochondrial
- mitochondrion
- mobilization
- mobilizations
- modernization
- modification
- modifications
- momentarily
- monasticism
- monetarily
- monetarism
- monochromatic
- mononuclear
- monopolistic
- monopolizes
- monopolizing
- monosaccharide
- monotheism
- monumentally
- moratoria
- moratorium
- moratoriums
- morphogenesis
- morphological
- motivational
- mulligatawny
- multicultural
- multiemployer
- multifaceted
- multifunctional
- multilateral
- multimedia
- multimillionaire
- multimillionaires
- multinational
- multinationals
- multiplication
- multiplicity
- multiprocessor
- multivariate
- multivitamin
- mummification
- musicality
- musicologist
- mutualism
- mutuality
- myocardial
- myocardium
- mythological
N67 words
- nationalism
- nationalities
- nationality
- navigational
- necessarily
- necessitated
- necessitating
- negativism
- negativity
- negotiated
- negotiating
- negotiation
- negotiations
- negotiator
- negotiators
- neoclassical
- neoliberal
- neoliberals
- neurasthenia
- neurological
- neuroscientist
- neurosurgery
- neutralization
- nickelodeon
- nitrocellulose
- nitroglycerin
- nitroglycerine
- nomenclatural
- nonacademic
- nonalcoholic
- nonautomotive
- noncompetitive
- nonconformity
- noncontroversial
- nonconvertible
- noncumulative
- nondeductible
- noneconomic
- nonelectrical
- nonemergency
- nonexecutive
- nongovernmental
- noninterference
- nonintervention
- nonmilitary
- nonnegotiable
- nonoperating
- nonpolitical
- nonprofessional
- nonprofessionals
- nonrefundable
- nonregulated
- nonrenewable
- nonresidential
- nonsectarian
- nontraditional
- nontransferable
- nonutility
- normalization
- notification
- notifications
- notoriety
- notoriously
- nullification
- numerology
- nymphomaniac
- nymphomaniacs
O97 words
- obituaries
- obituary
- objectionable
- objectivity
- obligatory
- obliterated
- obliterating
- obliteration
- observational
- observatories
- observatory
- obstructionism
- occupational
- oceanographer
- oceanographic
- oceanography
- officiated
- officiating
- oleaginous
- oligopoly
- ontological
- operational
- ophthalmologist
- ophthalmologists
- ophthalmology
- opinionated
- opportunism
- opportunistic
- opportunities
- opportunity
- optimization
- oratorical
- oratorio
- ordinarily
- organisation
- organisations
- organization
- organizations
- orientated
- orientation
- orientations
- originated
- originating
- origination
- originations
- originator
- originators
- ornamentally
- ornamentation
- ornithology
- orthodontia
- oscillatory
- ossification
- ostentatiously
- osteopathic
- outmaneuvering
- overabundance
- overambitious
- overconfidence
- overconfident
- overconsumption
- overdependence
- overdependent
- overemphasize
- overemphasized
- overestimate
- overestimates
- overexcited
- overexciting
- overexpansion
- overexposes
- overexposing
- overexposure
- overextended
- overextending
- overgenerous
- overpopulate
- overpopulates
- overproducing
- overproduction
- overprotected
- overprotection
- overprotective
- overqualified
- overreacted
- overreacting
- overreaction
- overregulate
- overregulates
- overreliance
- oversensitive
- overshadowing
- oversimplified
- oversimplify
- overwhelmingly
- overzealously
- oxygenated
P225 words
- pacification
- pandemonium
- paradoxical
- parallelism
- paramagnetic
- paramecium
- paraphernalia
- paraplegia
- parenthetical
- parimutuel
- parkinsonism
- parliamentary
- parsimonious
- partiality
- participated
- participating
- participation
- participations
- participative
- particularly
- pasteurization
- pastoralism
- paternalism
- paternalistic
- pathogenesis
- pathological
- pathologically
- patrilineal
- patriotism
- pecuniary
- pedagogical
- pediatrician
- pediatricians
- penitentiaries
- penitentiary
- percutaneous
- perennially
- perfectionism
- periodical
- periodicals
- periodontal
- peripatetic
- peritoneal
- perpendicular
- perpetually
- perpetuated
- perpetuating
- perpetuation
- perpetuity
- personalities
- personality
- personalizes
- personalizing
- personifying
- petrochemical
- petrochemicals
- pharisaism
- pharmaceutical
- pharmaceuticals
- pharmacologist
- pharmacologists
- pharmacology
- phenomenally
- philosophical
- phonological
- photochemical
- photoconductive
- photocopier
- photocopiers
- photocopying
- photodynamic
- photoelectric
- photofinisher
- photofinishers
- photofinishing
- photojournalist
- photosynthesis
- photovoltaic
- photovoltaics
- phraseology
- physiologic
- physiologist
- physiology
- pituitary
- planetarium
- plausibility
- pleomorphism
- polarimeter
- polarization
- polarography
- policyholder
- policyholders
- politicizing
- polyethylene
- polymerizes
- polymorphism
- polynomial
- polynomials
- polyolefin
- polypropylene
- polysaccharide
- polysaccharides
- polysyllabic
- polytheism
- polytheistic
- polyurethane
- pontificated
- pontificating
- pontification
- pontifications
- popularity
- popularizer
- popularizing
- portability
- positivism
- possibilities
- possibility
- postmodernism
- postoperative
- postretirement
- practicality
- preadolescence
- preadolescent
- precariously
- precautionary
- precipitated
- precipitating
- precipitation
- precipitously
- predestination
- predisposition
- predispositions
- predominantly
- predominated
- predominately
- predominating
- prefabricated
- prefabrication
- preferentially
- prekindergarten
- preliminaries
- preliminary
- premeditated
- premeditation
- premonitory
- preoccupation
- preoccupations
- preoperative
- presbyterian
- preservationist
- preservationists
- presidentially
- pressurization
- presupposition
- prevaricated
- prevaricating
- prevarication
- primitivistic
- principalities
- principality
- prioritizes
- prioritizing
- privatization
- privatizations
- probabilistic
- probabilities
- probability
- probationary
- problematical
- procrastinated
- procrastinating
- procrastination
- procrastinator
- procrastinators
- productivity
- professionalize
- professionalized
- professorial
- prognosticated
- prognosticating
- prognostication
- prognostications
- prognosticative
- progressivity
- prohibitively
- prohibitory
- proletarian
- proletariat
- proliferated
- proliferating
- proliferation
- promiscuity
- pronunciation
- pronunciations
- propagandistic
- proportionately
- proprietaries
- proprietary
- proprietorship
- proprietorships
- prosecutable
- proselytizing
- prostatectomy
- protectionism
- protohistory
- prototypical
- protuberances
- provincialism
- provocatively
- pseudopodial
- psychoanalyst
- psychodynamic
- psychokinesis
- psychological
- psychologically
- psychosomatic
- psychotherapist
- psychotherapists
- psychotherapy
- punctuality
- purification
- puritanical
- puritanism
- puritanisms
- pusillanimous
Q7 words
- qualification
- qualifications
- qualitatively
- quantifiable
- quantification
- quantitatively
- quintessentially
R182 words
- radicalism
- radioactive
- radiographic
- radiography
- radiologist
- radiologists
- radiology
- ramification
- ramifications
- ratification
- rationality
- rationalizing
- reactionaries
- reactionary
- reactivated
- reactivating
- reactivity
- readability
- reaffirmation
- realistically
- realizable
- reallocated
- reallocating
- reallocation
- reanalyzes
- reanalyzing
- reapportionment
- reassurances
- reassuringly
- reauthorizing
- reawakening
- rebelliousness
- recalculated
- recalculating
- recalculation
- recapitalize
- recapitalized
- recapitulate
- recapitulates
- receptivity
- recertifying
- recessionary
- recidivism
- reciprocated
- reciprocating
- reciprocity
- reclassifying
- recognizable
- recognizably
- recombination
- recommendation
- recommendations
- reconfirmation
- reconsidering
- reconstituted
- reconstituting
- recoverable
- recreational
- recrimination
- recriminations
- rectification
- recuperated
- recuperating
- recuperation
- recuperative
- redecorated
- redecorating
- redecoration
- rededication
- redefinition
- redevelopment
- rediscovering
- redistributed
- redistributing
- redistribution
- redistributive
- reeducation
- reengineering
- reestablishing
- reevaluate
- reexamining
- reflexivity
- reforestation
- reformatories
- reformatory
- reformulated
- refrigerated
- refrigeration
- refrigerator
- refrigerators
- regenerated
- regenerating
- regeneration
- regimentation
- regularity
- regulatory
- rehabilitate
- reimposition
- reincarnated
- reincarnation
- reincorporate
- reinstituted
- reinstituting
- reintegrated
- reintegration
- reinterpreted
- reinterpreting
- reintroduces
- reintroducing
- reintroduction
- reinvigorate
- reiterated
- reiterating
- reiteration
- rejuvenated
- rejuvenating
- rejuvenation
- relativism
- relativistic
- relativity
- remanufacture
- remanufactured
- remediation
- reminiscences
- remuneration
- remunerative
- renationalize
- renegotiate
- renominated
- renomination
- renunciation
- reorganizes
- reorganizing
- reorientate
- repatriated
- repatriating
- repatriation
- reportorial
- repositioning
- repositories
- repository
- reprehensible
- representation
- representations
- representative
- representatives
- repudiated
- repudiating
- repudiation
- reregulation
- reservationist
- reservationists
- respiratory
- resuscitated
- resuscitating
- resuscitation
- retaliated
- retaliating
- retaliation
- retaliatory
- retroactively
- retrospectively
- retroviruses
- revaluation
- revelatory
- reverberated
- reverberating
- reverberation
- reverberations
- revisionism
- revitalizing
- revolutionist
- revolutionists
- revolutionize
- revolutionized
- rheumatologist
- rheumatology
- ridiculously
- ritualistic
- romanticism
- romanticizing
- rudimentary
S119 words
- sanctification
- sanctimonious
- satisfactorily
- scatological
- schizophrenia
- seasonality
- secondarily
- secretarial
- secretariat
- secularism
- securitizing
- sedimentary
- sedimentation
- segregationist
- segregationists
- seismological
- selectivity
- semiannual
- semicircular
- semiclassical
- semiconductor
- semiconductors
- semifinalist
- semifinalists
- seminarian
- seminarians
- semipermanent
- semireligious
- semitropical
- senatorial
- sensationalist
- sensationalize
- sensationalized
- sensibilities
- sensibility
- sensitivities
- sensitivity
- sensuality
- separatism
- serendipitous
- serendipity
- serological
- significantly
- similarities
- similarity
- simplification
- simultaneous
- singularity
- sinusoidally
- situational
- socialization
- sociologist
- sociologists
- sociology
- solicitation
- solicitations
- solidarity
- solidifying
- solitariness
- solubility
- somatotropin
- sophisticated
- sophistication
- speciality
- specialization
- specification
- specifications
- specificity
- spectacularly
- spiritualist
- spiritualists
- spiritually
- spontaneity
- spontaneously
- stabilization
- standardization
- staphylococcus
- statutorily
- stereographic
- stereotactic
- stereotyping
- sterilization
- sterilizations
- stochastically
- stockbrokerages
- stratification
- subcutaneous
- subjectivity
- subliminally
- subordinated
- subordinating
- subordination
- subsidiaries
- subsidiary
- subsidization
- substantiated
- substantiation
- subterranean
- suitability
- supercilious
- supercollider
- supercomputer
- supercomputers
- superconducting
- superconductive
- superconductor
- superconductors
- superficially
- superintendent
- superintendents
- supernatural
- superregional
- supervisory
- supranational
- surreptitiously
- synchronicity
- synchronization
- synonymously
- systematically
T52 words
- tachycardia
- tantalizingly
- technicalities
- technicality
- technological
- telecommuter
- telecommuters
- telecommuting
- teleconferencing
- telemarketer
- telemarketers
- telemarketing
- teleology
- televangelist
- televangelists
- temperamentally
- temporarily
- tensiometer
- terminology
- territorial
- testamentary
- testimonial
- testimonials
- thanatology
- theologian
- theological
- theologically
- theoretical
- theoretician
- theoreticians
- thermodynamic
- thermodynamics
- thermonuclear
- tonsillectomies
- tonsillectomy
- topological
- toxicologist
- toxicologists
- toxicology
- traceabilities
- traceability
- traditionalist
- transcontinental
- transformational
- transoceanic
- triangulation
- triviality
- trivializes
- trivializing
- tuberculosis
- typographical
- tyrannosaurus
U142 words
- ultraviolet
- unabashedly
- unacceptable
- unacceptably
- unaccompanied
- unaccountable
- unaccountably
- unaccredited
- unaffordable
- unallocated
- unalterable
- unalterably
- unambiguous
- unanimity
- unanimously
- unanswerable
- unappetizing
- unapproachable
- unashamedly
- unassailable
- unattainable
- unavailable
- unavoidable
- unavoidably
- unbelievable
- unbelievably
- uncapitalized
- uncollectible
- uncomfortable
- uncomfortably
- uncompensated
- uncompetitive
- uncomplicated
- uncompromising
- unconditional
- unconscionable
- uncontradicted
- uncontrollable
- uncontrollably
- uncontroversial
- unconventional
- undemocratic
- undeniable
- undeniably
- underachiever
- underachievers
- underdeveloped
- underemployment
- underestimate
- underestimates
- undergraduate
- undergraduates
- underreported
- underreporting
- understandable
- understandably
- underutilize
- underutilized
- undervaluing
- undesirable
- undetectable
- undiplomatic
- undistributed
- undocumented
- uneconomic
- uneducated
- unelectable
- unemotional
- unemployable
- unenforceable
- unenviable
- unequivocal
- unexpectedly
- unexplainable
- unfashionable
- unfathomable
- unfavorable
- unfavorably
- unforeseeable
- unforgettable
- unforgivable
- unfortunately
- ungovernable
- unicellular
- unidentified
- unification
- uniformity
- unilateral
- unimpeachable
- uninformative
- uninhabited
- uninhibited
- uninsurable
- unintentional
- uninterrupted
- unionization
- unitarian
- universally
- universities
- university
- unmanageable
- unmentionable
- unmistakable
- unmistakably
- unmitigated
- unnecessary
- unobtainable
- unofficially
- unpalatable
- unpatriotic
- unprecedented
- unpredictable
- unpredictably
- unprofessional
- unprofitable
- unquestionable
- unquestionably
- unreality
- unreasonably
- unreconstructed
- unregulated
- unreliable
- unremarkable
- unrepresented
- unsanitary
- unsatisfying
- unsaturated
- unscientific
- unseasonably
- unsentimental
- unserviceable
- unsolicited
- unspectacular
- unsuccessfully
- unsupportable
- unsurprisingly
- unsustainable
- unsympathetic
- untraditional
- urbanization
- urinalysis
- utilization
V34 words
- valedictory
- vaporization
- vegetarian
- vegetarians
- verifiable
- verification
- versatility
- viability
- vicariously
- victimization
- videocassette
- videocassettes
- videoconference
- videographer
- videophile
- videotaping
- vigilantism
- vilification
- virological
- virtuosity
- visibility
- visualization
- vituperative
- vocabulary
- vociferated
- vociferating
- vociferously
- volatility
- volcanologist
- volcanologists
- voluntarily
- voluntarism
- volunteerism
- vulgarization
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Where the stress falls
The dictionary marks each vowel sound with 1 for main stress, 2 for a lighter secondary stress and 0 for unstressed. Reading the digits left to right gives one pattern per word. The table shows the largest groups among words with a single listed pattern.
| Stress pattern | Words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| 2-0-1-0-0 | 811 | aberrational, abnormalities, abnormality, abolitionist, abolitionists, aboriginal |
| 0-1-0-2-0 | 431 | abbreviated, abbreviating, accelerated, accelerating, accelerator, accelerators |
| 2-0-0-1-0 | 277 | abracadabra, academician, aerodynamic, aerodynamics, alienation, alphanumeric |
| 0-2-0-1-0 | 220 | abbreviation, abbreviations, abomination, abominations, abortifacient, abortifacients |
| 0-1-0-0-0 | 137 | abominable, accompanying, affectionately, affirmatively, alternatively, anonymously |
| 1-0-0-2-0 | 86 | aleatory, alienated, alienating, alphabetizes, alphabetizing, ambulatory |
Stress matters when you fit a long word into a poem. Two five-syllable words can have the same count and still sound different at the end of a line, one landing on a strong beat and the other trailing off. Read the word aloud before you commit it to a line. The same patterns work for syllable-clapping or sorting exercises in a classroom: clap each word and group words that share a pattern.
Using a five-syllable word in a haiku
Many English haiku follow a 5-7-5 syllable pattern (Japanese haiku count sound units, not syllables, and English poets often loosen the rule), so a word like unidentified can fill the first line by itself. Here is an original example written for this page:
Unidentified
light over the winter field
slowly it goes dark
The first line is the single word un-i-den-ti-fied. Paste the three lines into the haiku checker to see the count for each line. For how haiku lines and the cutting word work, see the haiku format guide.
- Use it at the start or the end. One word fills a 5-syllable first or third line on its own, so the middle line carries the image.
- Let it stand alone. If the word is the whole line, any other words go on the next line, not beside it.
- Watch endings. Adding -ed to a word ending in t or d usually adds a syllable (accelerate has four, accelerated has five), but after other sounds it usually doesn’t (walk and walked both have one). Plural -s sometimes adds a syllable and sometimes doesn’t. Search the list for the exact form you plan to use.
- Test the whole poem. The haiku checker counts each line and flags words it cannot find.
If a word you want is missing, it may have two valid counts, as every does. To count a word by ear, see how to count syllables.
How the list is made
The words come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, which was created by the Speech Group at Carnegie Mellon University. It writes each word as a string of sounds, and each vowel sound carries a stress mark of 0, 1 or 2. Counting the vowel sounds gives the syllables, and a word is listed here only if every pronunciation in the dictionary has exactly five of them. The pronunciations are North American English, so another accent may count some words differently.
The list is also trimmed to lowercase words found in a Scrabble-style word list, which removes most names and odd entries, and a profanity blocklist is applied. To check a word that is not here, use the syllable counter. Data credits are on the about page.