English is opaque
It makes counting syllables
Arcane as Magick
No srly why the f doesn't ar-ca-ne have 3 syllables
Ca-ne has 2. Is it meant to be read ar-cain? rca-ne?
From the oxford dic:
Syllable - "a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno"