What are the word records for shortest, for each number of syllables?

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What are the word records for shortest, for each number of syllables?
(Pronunciation / Syllables / Entire Word)

[ Editor: question framed by the editor from the headings of the Taxonomy of Wordplay. ]

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[ Editor: from the Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com, retrieved 28 Oct 2026. Classes (common, uncommon, hyphenated words, phrases), scores, ties (-t) and the source codes in brackets are explained in language/english/word.records.introduction. ]

Sources: [3-46,77,148,5-27,14-113,151,216,15-18,84,36-318,37-21]

see list "Shortest Word for Each Number of Syllables" below

Shortest Word for Each Number of Syllables
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2       aa, io (2-t)
3       w (1)
4       ieie (4)
5       oxyopia, oogonia (7-t)
6       oniomania, opiomania, amyotonia (9-t)
7       eosinopenia, eopaleozoic (11-t)
8       epizootiology, aminoaciduria (13-t)
9       epizootiological, urobilinogenuria (16-t)
10      epizootiologically, diastereoisomerism (18-t)
11      diastereoisomerically (21)
12      humuhumunukunukuapuaa (21)
13      honorificabilitudinitatibus (27)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com