Two Syllable Words
Two syllable words have two beats, like ta-ble, hap-py and gar-den. Many words spelled the same way shift their stress depending on use, such as PRE-sent (a gift) and pre-SENT (to show).
Most common two syllable words
- about
- people
- also
- other
- only
- after
- into
- over
- any
- because
- very
- even
- really
- being
- going
- before
- many
- never
- something
- around
- between
- always
- better
- little
- under
- during
- again
- without
- against
- ever
- money
- second
- someone
- away
- number
- city
- until
- doing
- having
- getting
- looking
- public
- women
- business
- system
- nothing
- person
- today
- enough
- making
- support
- music
- power
- water
- believe
- later
- order
- party
- service
- country
- open
- season
- children
- using
- maybe
- story
- working
- within
- able
- early
- local
- ago
- social
- given
- level
- often
- single
- become
- body
- coming
- control
- office
- problem
- almost
- research
- started
- taking
- along
- matter
- pretty
- playing
- saying
- wanted
- happy
- human
- question
- series
- woman
- data
- special
- either
- future
- million
- morning
- police
- taken
- rather
- reason
- report
- whether
- among
- further
- myself
- yourself
- although
- living
- major
- behind
- building
- easy
Two syllable nouns
- market
- college
- program
- baby
- father
- process
- action
- moment
- mother
- summer
- account
- parents
- center
- county
- couple
- player
- event
- member
- movie
- value
- amount
- countries
- model
- picture
- science
- brother
- football
- language
- title
- council
- union
- career
- daughter
- figure
- paper
- version
- army
- success
- access
- table
- cases
- district
- percent
- culture
- response
- river
- album
- effect
- network
- student
- island
- pressure
- station
- treatment
- content
- husband
- message
- region
- section
- contact
- minute
- nature
- income
- justice
- movement
- photo
- safety
- statement
- knowledge
- subject
- author
- hotel
- lady
- leader
- letter
- product
- sister
- stories
- unit
- workers
- battle
- degree
- image
- cancer
- defense
- weekend
- effort
- impact
- color
- marriage
- congress
- disease
- doctor
- machine
- captain
- parties
- winter
- advice
- award
- nation
- prices
- purpose
- teacher
- mission
- status
- weather
- coffee
- evening
- freedom
- channel
- distance
- species
- traffic
- airport
- bottom
- cities
- engine
- partner
- sources
- structure
- owner
- surface
- budget
- estate
- fashion
- feature
- metal
- profile
- target
- village
- agent
- basis
- adult
- artist
- chairman
- method
- prison
- senate
- users
- window
- spirit
- trouble
- dinner
- dollars
- function
- items
- background
- classes
- concept
- garden
- journal
- labor
- patient
- thousands
- birthday
- fellow
- volume
- beauty
Two syllable adjectives
- final
- former
- ready
- common
- likely
- perfect
- private
- higher
- certain
- longer
- central
- lower
- foreign
- legal
- seven
- simple
- crazy
- modern
- recent
- funny
- normal
- western
- extra
- heavy
- biggest
- civil
- latest
- older
- greater
- largest
- basic
- complex
- highest
- northern
- prior
- royal
- famous
- southern
- mental
- larger
- healthy
- smaller
- aware
- eastern
- lucky
- alive
Two syllable verbs
- talking
- thinking
- running
- include
- happened
- happen
- return
- needed
- added
- received
- became
- giving
- meeting
- provide
- follow
- reading
- feeling
- review
- involved
- enjoy
- written
- cover
- began
- published
- starting
- writing
- forget
- listen
- waiting
- followed
- missing
- offer
- released
- seeing
- visit
- allowed
- create
- moving
- watching
- allow
- expect
- described
- leading
- travel
- welcome
- leaving
- winning
- agree
- posted
- announced
- asking
- calling
- designed
- finished
- growing
- wonder
- compared
- ended
- fighting
- learning
- protect
- telling
- finish
- increased
- speaking
- supposed
- driving
- notice
- carry
- explain
- holding
- broken
- killing
- showing
- uses
- avoid
- meaning
- produced
- offered
- putting
- sitting
- standing
- walking
- accept
- appear
- eating
- finding
- losing
- opened
- receive
- wearing
- agreed
- begin
- keeping
- worry
- appeared
- covered
- mentioned
- remain
- acting