merry
ME-ree
mairee
/ˈmɛɹi/ · 2 syllables
“merry” letter by letter
| English | m | err | y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | m | air | ee |
How “merry” sounds out
| Ingglish | m | e | r | ee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /m/ | /ɛ/ | /ɹ/ | /i/ |
- Sounds
- 4 from 5 letters — 2 vowels /ɛ/, /i/ and 2 consonants /m/, /ɹ/
- Syllables
- 2 — ME · ree, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- common — 40.1 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #1,544 of 48,804
- Rhyme ending
- /ɹi/
Words that sound like “merry” (homophones)
Words that rhyme with “merry” (/ɹi/)
verysorrythreestoryfreecountrymarrymaryharryhungry
“merry” — questions & answers
How do you spell “merry”?
M-E-R-R-Y in English; “mairee” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “merry”?
ME-ree — IPA /ˈmɛɹi/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What words sound like “merry”?
“marry”, “mary” — same sounds, different spelling.