Violet - 1 or 2 syllables?

[nopety]

Vi-o-let or Vi-let?

[Just5minswithDacre]

Oh chameleon, 'diphthong' has just taken me back to the speech therapy years

[SwedishEdith]

Via-let. Sort of.

[BuntyFigglesworthSpiffington]

Two for me.

Vi-lut.

[prettypinklady]

2 without a doubt. Vi-let

[chameleon43]

2 and a half - the 'io' sound is a diphthong if you want to be technical!

Don't think anyone would say Vi - O - let?

[0pti0na1]

3

[Just5minswithDacre]

Two and a half the 'o' is partly swallowed the way I say it.

[UntilTheCowsComeHome]

I always said Vile-ut until a new neighbour introduced herself with a very definite Vi-o-LET.

I can't read the name without hearing her saying it like that.

[ovosmexidos]

Somewhere between the 2 to be honest. Like, 2.5 syllables.

[DramaAlpaca]

Three syllables.

[QuinionsRainbow]

My Mum was Vi-o-let: definitely three syllables.

[Sandsnake]

3

[villainousbroodmare]

Three.
I would hate it spoken with two.
I think I'd go with Viola to ensure the three syllables!

[WaitrosePigeon]

Vi-let

Love it!

[marmitecrumpets]

2

[WanderingTrolley1]

1. Vile-lut

[maggiethemagpie]

Three syllables, I pronounce it vi-a-lut

[ErrolTheDragon]

I thought, of course it's 3, lovely fragrant vi-o-let, vile-let would be horrid ... But then realised the latter is how it's often said.

Similar name without this issue, unambiguously 3 syllables, Viola ?

[RoganJosh]

I hear people saying Vi-let. I'm not sure what I'd do.

[orangebird69]

Er, 3.

[NataliaOsipova]

3 - definitely!

[BennyTheBall]

3, of course.

It would drive me nuts if people said Vi-let.

[Smartiepants79]

Try and clap it. You can't do it with 2 beats.

[Smartiepants79]

3 vi-o-let.