melissa
ma-LI-sa
malisa in Ingglish
IPA /məˈlɪsə/ · 3 syllables
How “melissa” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | m | e | li | ss | a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | m | a | li | s | a |
“melissa” sound by sound
| Ingglish | m | a | l | i | s | a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /m/ | /ə/ | /l/ | /ɪ/ | /s/ | /ə/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 7 letters: 3 vowels /ə/, /ɪ/, /ə/ and 3 consonants /m/, /l/, /s/
- Syllables
- 3 — ma · LI · sa, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 9.1 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #4,707 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪsə/
“melissa” — questions & answers
How do you spell “melissa”?
M-E-L-I-S-S-A in English; “malisa” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “melissa”?
ma-LI-sa — IPA /məˈlɪsə/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “melissa”?
/məˈlɪsə/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.