syllabification/sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/EtymologyFirst attested in 1764; a regular Anglicisation (see -fication) of a hypothetical etymon of the form *syllabificātiō, *syllabificātiōn-, formed regularly on the base of the Latin syllabificō, itself from syllaba (“syllable”).syllabification means The division of a word into syllables. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.nounThe division of a word into syllables.“Our author has eſtabliſhed clear practicable rules for articulation, and conſequently for facilitating to foreigners the pronouncing and ſyllabification of the Engliſh language; and that upon principles which are in common to all languages.”