20 Examples of Monosyllable Words

Monosyllable Words

The monosyllable words They are the ones that cannot be separated into syllables because they only have one and are perceived as a unit. For example: law, peace, flower.

Monosyllable words are short: they usually have one to four letters that sound like a continuous block.

When do they have an accent?

As a general rule, monosyllable words do not carry accent mark.

The idea behind this rule is that in all cases, in the monosyllabic word the last vowel is tonic with the that counts, because if the tonicity were in a vowel prior to that one, a separation would have been made in syllables.

The diacritical tilde

There is a limited number of monosyllable words that admit more than one meaning and that is why the diacritical tilde to avoid confusion. For example: from (preposition) / from (imperative of the verb "give"), tea (infusion) / tea (pronoun), Yes (affirmative adverb) / Yes (conditional conjunction).

Examples of monosyllable words

Onomatopoeia and interjections

A final group of words that are part of monosyllables are the onomatopoeia, which are constructions intended to try to imitate real sound. For example: Zaz! Boom!

They are also usually monosyllabic interjections, that express a sudden emotion. For example: Oh! Oh!

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