Minimal pairs

Minimal pairs for speech therapy

Word	Unique Phoneme	Word	Unique Phoneme
giggly	/g/	wiggly	/w/	Learn more
elegy	/ɛ/	sludgy	/s/	Learn more
lubricating	/ŋ/	lubricated	/d/	Learn more
nays	/z/	knave	/v/	Learn more
plunking	/ʌ/	planking	/æ/	Learn more
rafting	/r/	shafting	/ʃ/	Learn more
scythe	/θ/	sere	/r/	Learn more
sundae	/e/	sunder	/ɜː/	Learn more
toweling	/aʊ/	tolling	/oʊ/	Learn more
bender	/ɛ/	bounder	/aʊ/	Learn more
chained	/tʃ/	caned	/k/	Learn more
chained	/tʃ/	reigned	/r/	Learn more
coupes	/p/	coots	/t/	Learn more
mousse	/uː/	masse	/æ/	Learn more
piper	/aɪ/	pooper	/uː/	Learn more
threading	/θ/	breading	/b/	Learn more
alluvial	/æ/	fluvial	/f/	Learn more
craned	/k/	grained	/g/	Learn more
disclaimer	/ɜː/	disclaimed	/d/	Learn more
glitz	/ɪ/	gloats	/oʊ/	Learn more
insouciance	/s/	insouciant	/t/	Learn more
joist	/dʒ/	foist	/f/	Learn more
knower	/n/	rower	/r/	Learn more
overslept	/l/	overstepped	/t/	Learn more
portage	/dʒ/	porting	/ŋ/	Learn more