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Melissa

How many syllables in Melissa?

  3 syllables

Divide Melissa into syllables:   Me-lis-sa
Stressed syllable in Melissa:   Me-lis-sa
How to pronounce Melissa:   muh-lis-uh
How to say Melissa:

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What rhymes with Melissa

2 syllables
  • disa
  • nyssa
3 syllables
  • Alissa
  • clarissa
  • alyssa
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