melody

Other forms of melody

plural

melodies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about melody

What does melody mean?

melody means "a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in melody?

melody has 3 syllables: mel-o-dy. The stress falls on "mel". In IPA it is /ˈmɛlədi/.

What is another word for melody?

Close synonyms include tune, air, strain, melodic line, line. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is melody a common word?

melody is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.