Violet - 1 or 2 syllables?

[nopety]

Vi-o-let or Vi-let?

Three syllables.

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

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.

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

3

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?

2 without a doubt. Vi-let

Two for me.

Vi-lut.

Via-let. Sort of.

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