Hiatus: definition and examples (explained)

Hiatus

The hiatus occurs when the accentuation of a word forces to separate into different syllables a diphthong or a triphthong. For example: rto–íz, dí–to, zor–orlogical.

There is hiatus in the following cases:

The "h" between vowels

When the H is between two vowels, it does not interfere with hiatus formation. That is, the word will be divided in the same way and the letter H will always remain attached to the second vowel. For example: al-cor–hol.

Examples of words with hiatus

TWO EQUAL VOWERS

1. Creditor (a - crand- e - dor)
2. Anti-inflammatory (an - ti – in - fla - ma - to - rio)
3. Counter-argue (with - trto – tor - gu - men - tar)
4. Counterattack (con - trto – to - ta - what)
5. Cooperation (cor- or - pe - ra - tion)
6. Co-opt (cor – orp - tar)
7. Coordinate (cor – orr - de - na - da)
8. Believe (crand – andr)
9. Disbelieve (des - crand – andr)
10. Provider (pro - vand – and - dor)
11. Semi-conscious (se - mi – in - cons - hundred - te)
12. Zoology (zor – or - lo - gí - a)

TWO STRONG MEMBERS TOGETHER

1. Slap (a - bo - fe - tand – tor)
2. Boo (a - bu - chand – tor)
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3. Happen (a - cto – and - cer)
4. Carry (a - ca - rrand – tor)
5. Aerial (to – é - rand – or)
6. Aerobic (to – and - ro - bio)
7. Airplane (to – and - ro - pla - no)
8. Village (al - dand – to)
9. Villager (al - dand – to - not)
10. Alloy (a - land – to - tion)
11. Random (a - land – to - to - rio)
12. Aletear (a - le - tand – tor)
13. Flutter (a - le - tand – or)
14. Align (a - li - nand – tor)
15. Canoa (ca - nor- to)
16. Chaos (cto – ors)
17. Cloaca (clor – to - ca)
18. Coercion (cor – andr - tion)
19. Collapse (con - trto – andr)
20. Corroer (co - rror – andr)
21. Croatian (cror – to - ta)
22. Decaer (from - cto – andr)
23. Teacher (mto – ands - tra)
24. West (or – ands - te)
25. Poem (por – and - ma)
26. Poetry (por – and - yes - a)
27. Poet (por – and - ta)
28. Rodent (ror – and - dor)

WEAK VOCAL ACCENTUATED + STRONG VOCAL ATTONA

1. Abbey (a - ba - dí – to)
2. Grocery store (a - bar - rro - te - rí – to)
3. Advocacy (a - bo - ga - cí – to)
4. Agony (a - go - ní – to)
5. Agronomy (a - gro - no - mí – to)
6. Masonry (al - ba - ñi - le - rí – to)
7. Will (al - be - drí – or)
8. Mayor's Office (al - cal - dí – to)
9. Piggy bank (al - can - cí – to)
10. Allegory (a - le - go - rí – to)
11. Joy (a - le - grí – to)
12. Amnesty (am - nis - tí – to)
13. Ammonia (a - mo - ní – to - co)
14. Love affair (a - mo - rí – or)
15. Anomaly (a - no - ma - lí – to)
16. Anthology (an - to - lo - gí – to)
17. Apathy (a - pa - tí – to)
18. Archeology (ar - that - o - lo - gí – to)
19. Photography (photo - to - gra - fí – to)
20. Cold (frí – or)
21. Crowd (gen - tí – or)
22. Crane (grú – to)
23. Hastío (has - tí – or)
24. Hematie (he - ma - tí – and)
25. River (rí – or)
26. Rocío (ro - cí – or)
27. Rué (rú – and)
28. Empty (va - cí – or)

STRONG VOCAL + CLOSED VOCAL

1. Abstracted (abs - trto – í - c)
2. Arcaism (ar - cto – íSaint)
3. Assemblyman (a - sam - bland – ís - ta)
4. Coffin (a - tto – úd)
5. Atheism (a - tand – íSaint)
6. Attractable (a - trto – í - ble)
7. I fell (cto – í)
8. Fallen (cto – í - c)
9. Ignore (des - or – ír)
10. Selfish (e - gor – ís - ta)
11. Cocky (in - grand – í - c)
12. Fry (frand – ír)
13. Heroism (he - ror – íSaint)
14. Incredible (in - crand – í - ble)
15. Incredibly (in - crand – í - ble - men - te)
16. Judaism (ju - dto – íSaint)
17. Lute (lto – úd)
18. Noumenon (nor – ú - me - no)
19. Hear (or – ír)
20. Country (pto – ís)
21. Parachute (para - ra - cto – í - you give)
22. Paradise (pa - rto – í - so)
23. Paseíllo (pa - sand – í - llo)
24. Polytheism (po - li - tand – íSaint)
25. Protein (pro - tand – í - na)
26. Root (rto – íz)
27. Relapse (re - cto – í - gives)

 HIATO WITH INTERMEDIATE H

1. Alcohol (al - cor – hol)
2. Pillow (al - mor – ha - gives)
3. Unhygienic (an - ti – hi - gié - ni - co)
4. Bay (bto – hi - to)
5. Carrot (za - nto – ho - ria)

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