how to pronounce tessa

/ˈtɛsə/

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tessa is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tessa in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… few more a whole Tessa project has …”

meanings of tessa

name:

A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Teresa.

noun:

Acronym of Tax-exempt special savings account.

tessa frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word tessa occurs in english on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.