"Syllabification (Pronunciation: /s\u0268\u02C8l\u00E6b\u0268f\u0268\u02C8ke\u026A\u0283\u0259n/ si-LAB-i-fi-KAY-sh\u0259n) or syllabication (/s\u0268\u02C8l\u00E6b\u0268\u02C8ke\u026A\u0283\u0259n/ si-LAB-i-KAY-sh\u0259n) is the separation of a word into syllables, whether spoken or written.The written separation is usually marked by a hyphen when using English orthography (e.g., syl-la-ble) and with a period when transcribing in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) (e.g., [\u02C8s\u026Al.\u0259.b\u1D4A\u026B])."@en .