A249030 - OEIS

%I #20 Mar 17 2015 02:27:38

%S 2,2,2,4,3,3,2,3,4,3,2,3,5,6,6,5,5,6,6,6,4,6,6,8,7,7,6,7,8,7,4,6,6,8,

%T 7,7,6,7,8,7,3,5,5,7,6,6,5,6,7,6,3,5,5,7,6,6,5,6,7,6,3,5,5,7,6,6,5,6,

%U 7,6,4,6,6,8,7,7,6,7,8,7

%N The difference between the number of letters and the number of syllables in n in English. (Omit "and" in both.)

%C Take the number of letters in the spelling of a number and subtract the number of syllables in the sounding of that number. For example, zero has four letters and two syllables generating 4-2=2 for the first term. As such it is linked to sequences A005589 and A075774.

%F a(n) = A005589(n) - A075774(n).

%Y Cf. A005589, A075774.

%K nonn,word

%O 0,1

%A _Chris Smith_, Oct 27 2014

%E Corrected a(11) and extended to a(79) by _Chris Smith_, Mar 16 2015