Syllables    Synonyms    Rhymes    Quiz

birthday

How many syllables in birthday?

  2 syllables

Divide birthday into syllables:   birth-day
Primary syllable stress:   birth-day
Secondary syllable stress:   birth-day
How to pronounce birthday:   burth-dey
How to say birthday:

Cite This Source

Bibliography Citations
MLA   |    APA   |   Chicago Manual Style
"birthday." HowManySyllables.com. How Many Syllables, n.d. Web. 05 September 2026.

Learn a New Word

Wondering why birthday is 2 syllables?   Contact Us!   We'll explain.

Syllable Rules

1.  What is a syllable?
2.  How to count syllables.
3.  How to divide into syllables.

More Grammar
Trending Words
Syllable Quiz
Can you divide
our into syllables?
Take the Syllable Quiz

Syllables    Synonyms    Rhymes    Quiz

Synonyms for birthday


4 syllables
5 syllables
    Teachers
    You can win $250 for your students.

    Prize awarded to a teacher each month.
    $Read the contest rules and apply
    Fun Fact
    Oology = the study of eggs
    is the shortest “-ology” word.
    !Get more facts
    Grammar
    Learn the rules for using
    A vs. An
    ?A vs. An Rules

    Syllables    Synonyms    Rhymes    Quiz

    What rhymes with birthday

    1 syllable
    • bombe
    • DA
    • Ewe
    • Kobe
    • meze
    • pk
    • quale
    • cube
    • da
    • frieze
    • lwei
    • PA
    • PK
    2 syllables
    • abbé
    • agley
    • airway
    • allay
    • Angers
    • archway
    • ashtray
    • astray
    • away
    • backstay
    • base pay
    • beignet
    • beltway
    • beret
    • bewray
    • bikeway
    • Bizet
    • bobstay
    • Bossuet
    • bouclé
    • bouquet
    • bourrée
    • breezeway
    • buffet
    • byway
    • CAFE
    • cahier
    • Cathay
    • chaîné
    • chambray
    • child's play
    • cliché
    • congé
    • Corday
    • coudé
    • crawlway
    • croquet
    • curé
    • D-day
    • decay
    • defray
    • dengue
    • display
    • DJ
    • doomsday
    • downplay
    • driveway
    • Earl Grey
    • entrée
    • essay
    • fair play
    • filé
    • fillet
    • fishway
    • flight pay
    • flyway
    • footway
    • force play
    • foreplay
    • formée
    • fouetté
    • Fouquet
    • fourchée
    • franglais
    • freeway
    • fumet
    • Galway
    • gangway
    • gelée
    • glacé
    • gourmet
    • greenway
    • gunplay
    • halfway
    • Hannay
    • hatchway
    • hearsay
    • Hefei
    • highway
    • hooray
    • Hubei
    • in re
    • inveigh
    • issei
    • James Bay
    • jeté
    • keyway
    • kouprey
    • lay day
    • lifeway
    • Lord's day
    • M-day
    • mainstay
    • Malay
    • man-day
    • Manet
    • margay
    • match play
    • May Day
    • Medway
    • midday
    • Midway
    • Millet
    • misplay
    • Monday
    • Mornay
    • Niamey
    • noonday
    • nosegay
    • OK
    • ombré
    • osprey
    • outlay
    • outstay
    • oyez
    • parkway
    • parquet
    • passé
    • pathway
    • payday
    • per se
    • pipe clay
    • piquet
    • plié
    • pommée
    • portray
    • projet
    • puree
    • Quesnay
    • Rahway
    • rappee
    • relay
    • replay
    • roadway
    • role-play
    • rosé
    • Roubaix
    • runway
    • saint's day
    • sansei
    • sauté
    • scrub jay
    • shar-pei
    • shipway
    • sick bay
    • sick pay
    • Skopje
    • slideway
    • sluiceway
    • soiree
    • someway
    • soufflé
    • spillway
    • stairway
    • stingray
    • strathspey
    • subway
    • survey
    • swordplay
    • tempeh
    • thruway
    • tideway
    • Tokay
    • Torbay
    • toupee
    • tramway
    • Twelfth Day
    • unlay
    • V-day
    • veejay
    • visé
    • walkway
    • Wednesday
    • white way
    • wood ray
    • workday
    • affray
    • airplay
    • all-day
    • allée
    • Anhui
    • array
    • assay
    • Augier
    • aweigh
    • ballet
    • bat ray
    • belay
    • benday
    • betray
    • bidet
    • Biscay
    • blasé
    • Bombay
    • bouchée
    • boule
    • Bourget
    • Bouvet
    • Broadway
    • byplay
    • cachet
    • café
    • Cambay
    • causeway
    • chalet
    • chassé
    • ciré
    • co-pay
    • convey
    • corvée
    • coupé
    • crochet
    • crossway
    • cy pres
    • daresay
    • deejay
    • delay
    • dismay
    • distrait
    • donnée
    • doorway
    • dragée
    • duvet
    • embay
    • épée
    • estray
    • fairway
    • filet
    • fireclay
    • flambé
    • floodway
    • folkway
    • foray
    • forebay
    • forestay
    • forte
    • foul play
    • four-way
    • foyer
    • frappé
    • Friday
    • gainsay
    • gamay
    • gateway
    • give way
    • godet
    • Green Bay
    • guideway
    • hair spray
    • hallway
    • harm's way
    • headway
    • Hebei
    • heyday
    • hold sway
    • horseplay
    • in play
    • inlay
    • Islay
    • jackstay
    • jennet
    • Jetway
    • koine
    • lamé
    • leeway
    • Lomé
    • lycée
    • maguey
    • make hay
    • malgré
    • Mande
    • manqué
    • massé
    • maté
    • Mayday
    • melee
    • midway
    • Millay
    • mislay
    • moiré
    • Monet
    • name day
    • nisei
    • Norway
    • obey
    • olé
    • one-way
    • Otway
    • outré
    • outweigh
    • parfait
    • parlay
    • partway
    • pâté
    • pavé
    • pearl gray
    • pince-nez
    • piqué
    • pith ray
    • plissé
    • Pompeii
    • prepay
    • pulque
    • purvey
    • raceway
    • railway
    • red bay
    • repay
    • risqué
    • Roget
    • ropeway
    • rosebay
    • roué
    • sachet
    • Salé
    • sashay
    • screenplay
    • seaway
    • Shark Bay
    • short-day
    • sick day
    • sideway
    • skyway
    • slipway
    • soigné
    • someday
    • soothsay
    • speedway
    • squeeze play
    • sternway
    • straightway
    • stroke play
    • Sunday
    • sweet bay
    • tea tray
    • thoughtway
    • Thursday
    • today
    • tollway
    • touché
    • trackway
    • Tuesday
    • two-way
    • unsay
    • valet
    • vide
    • Vouvray
    • waylay
    • weekday
    • windway
    • wordplay
    3 syllables
    Ever Wonder
    when to use
    Then and Than?
    Find Out Here

    Parents, Teachers, StudentsDo you have a grammar question?
    Need help finding a syllable count?
    Want to say thank you?

    Contact Us!