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merry

ME-ree
mairee
/ˈmɛɹi/ · 2 syllables

“merry” letter by letter

Each letter group of “merry” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishmerry
Ingglishmairee

How “merry” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “merry”
Ingglishmeree
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)

marrymary

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.

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