Fact · Typing and writing speed
Articulation rate is the number of orthographic syllables a speaker produces per second, excluding pauses.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Number of (orthographic) syllables produced per second, excluding pauses.”
Quantifying Speech Rhythm Abnormalities in the Dysarthrias, Julie M. Liss et al., Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52(5), 2009, Table 3, Definitions of rhythm metrics and articulation rate.
Open the original (DOI 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0208))- What it measures
- The study defines the measure in a table of its rhythm metrics, next to the standard deviation and pairwise variability measures of speech timing used in the same analysis.
- What it does not show
- The definition is precise, but published values depend on how syllables are counted and how pauses are marked. Studies that count filled pauses such as 'um' differently report different rates.