Pattern.php

<?php


class Pattern {
    # These patterns would be normally counted as two syllables
    # but SHOULD be one syllable. May be incomplete; do not modify.
    public $subtract_syllable_patterns = Array(
        "cia(l|$)",
        "tia",
        "cius",
        "cious",
        "[^aeiou]giu",
        "[aeiouy][^aeiouy]ion",
        "iou",
        "sia$",
        "eous$",
        "[oa]gue$",
        ".[^aeiuoycgltdb]{2,}ed$",
        ".ely$",
        "^jua",
        "uai",
        "eau",
        "[aeiouy](b|c|ch|d|dg|f|g|gh|gn|k|l|ll|lv|m|mm|n|nc|ng|nn|p|r|rc|rn|rs|rv|s|sc|sk|sl|squ|ss|st|t|th|v|y|z)e$",
        "[aeiouy](b|c|ch|dg|f|g|gh|gn|k|l|lch|ll|lv|m|mm|n|nc|ng|nch|nn|p|r|rc|rn|rs|rv|s|sc|sk|sl|squ|ss|th|v|y|z)ed$",
        "[aeiouy](b|ch|d|f|gh|gn|k|l|lch|ll|lv|m|mm|n|nch|nn|p|r|rn|rs|rv|s|sc|sk|sl|squ|ss|st|t|th|v|y)es$",
        "^busi$"
    );

    # These patterns might be counted as one syllable according to $subtract_syllable_patterns
    # and the base rules but SHOULD be two syllables. May be incomplete; do not modify.
    public $add_syllable_patterns = Array(
        "([^s]|^)ia",
        "iu",
        "io",
        "eo($|[b-df-hj-np-tv-z])",
        "ii",
        "[ou]a$",
        "[aeiouym]bl$",
        "[aeiou]{3}",
        "[aeiou]y[aeiou]",
        "^mc",
        "ism$",
        "asm$",
        "thm$",
        "([^aeiouy])\1l$",
        "[^l]lien",
        "^coa[dglx].",
        "[^gq]ua[^auieo]",
        "dnt$",
        "uity$",
        "[^aeiouy]ie(r|st|t)$",
        "eings?$",
        "[aeiouy]sh?e[rsd]$",
        "iell",
        "dea$",
        "real",
        "[^aeiou]y[ae]",
        "gean$",
        "riet",
        "dien",
        "uen"
    );

    # Single syllable prefixes and suffixes. May be incomplete; do not modify.
    public $prefix_and_suffix_patterns = Array(
        "^un",
        "^fore",
        "^ware",
        "^none?",
        "^out",
        "^post",
        "^sub",
        "^pre",
        "^pro",
        "^dis",
        "^side",
        "ly$",
        "less$",
        "some$",
        "ful$",
        "ers?$",
        "ness$",
        "cians?$",
        "ments?$",
        "ettes?$",
        "villes?$",
        "ships?$",
        "sides?$",
        "ports?$",
        "shires?$",
        "tion(ed)?$"
    );

    # Specific common exceptions that don't follow the rule set below are handled individually.
    # The correct syllable count is the value. May be incomplete; do not modify.
    public $problem_words = Array(
        'abalone' => 4,
        'abare' => 3,
        'abed' => 2,
        'abruzzese' => 4,
        'abbruzzese' => 4,
        'aborigine' => 5,
        'acreage' => 3,
        'adame' => 3,
        'adieu' => 2,
        'adobe' => 3,
        'anemone' => 4,
        'apache' => 3,
        'aphrodite' => 4,
        'apostrophe' => 4,
        'ariadne' => 4,
        'cafe' => 2,
        'calliope' => 4,
        'catastrophe' => 4,
        'chile' => 2,
        'chloe' => 2,
        'circe' => 2,
        'coyote' => 3,
        'epitome' => 4,
        'forever' => 3,
        'gethsemane' => 4,
        'guacamole' => 4,
        'hyperbole' => 4,
        'jesse' => 2,
        'jukebox' => 2,
        'karate' => 3,
        'machete' => 3,
        'maybe' => 2,
        'people' => 2,
        'recipe' => 3,
        'sesame' => 3,
        'shoreline' => 2,
        'simile' => 3,
        'syncope' => 3,
        'tamale' => 3,
        'yosemite' => 4,
        'daphne' => 2,
        'eurydice' => 4,
        'euterpe' => 3,
        'hermione' => 4,
        'penelope' => 4,
        'persephone' => 4,
        'phoebe' => 2,
        'zoe' => 2
    );
}