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Fig. 1 — . The print shop on the harbour. Sheets dry on the line between the shop and the mast.

No. 01

Every break, shown.

Type a word and see where it may break across a line. Clean, elegant hyphenation display with syllable highlighting and copy support.

Perfect for typesetting, print design, and creating professional documents.

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Hyphenated

Syllables
20
Can break as
a- / tatataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaata- / tataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatata- / taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatatata- / aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Fig. 2 — . The composing stick. Today’s word, atatataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.

No. 02

Word of the Day.

A new word each day, broken into its syllables. Get rich word definitions, etymology, and deep linguistic insights for every word.

Curated

atatataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

20 syllables

atatataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Selected deterministically as a 20-syllable word with rich morphological structure.

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Word of the Day

a·ta·ta·ta·a·a·a·a·a·a·a·a·a·a·a·a·a·a·a·a

20 syllables · 19 break points

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Fig. 3 — . The shop door. Today’s word is pinned where the street can read it.

No. 03

Rhymes by sound.

The Rhyme Finder reads phonetic (IPA) transcriptions, not just spelling. It finds perfect rhymes, near rhymes and assonance.

Made for poets, songwriters, rappers, language learners, and anyone exploring how words sound.

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Rhyme FinderExample

Rhymes for cat

Perfect rhymes identical ending soundshat, bat
Near rhymes similar but not identical endingscut, kit
Assonance shared vowel soundsback, track
Fig. 4 — . The type case. Sorts that sound alike share a box.

No. 04

30+ languages.

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From Afrikaans to Welsh, each language keeps its own rules for where a word may break.

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Currently hyphenating in German

Fig. 5 — . The moorings. Every boat flies its own flags.

No. 05

Word Discovery.

Browse German words by syllable count, length, prefix and suffix. Then learn the rules behind the breaks: syllable rules, phonetics and morphology.

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Fig. 6 — . The roof terrace. The lists hang on the line to dry.

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Fig. 7 — . Closing time. The lamps are lit in the shop windows.