Syllabifications refer to the act of dividing words into syllables. There are several synonyms for the term syllabifications, including syllabication, syllabifying, hyphenation, and word segmentation. Syllabication is the most commonly used synonym and is defined as the act of dividing words into their constituent syllables. Syllabifying and hyphenation are similar synonyms, which refer to the process of dividing words into smaller parts for better pronunciation. Word segmentation is a more technical synonym, commonly used in computer science and linguistic research, to describe the process of dividing words into individual units for analysis. All of these synonyms describe the same process of breaking words down into smaller parts for better understanding and communication.