Minimal Pairs

Minimal pairs for speech therapy

19,290 minimal pairs

Word Unique Phoneme Word Unique Phoneme
illicit /ʌ/ elicit /ɪ/ Learn more
starving /v/ starling /l/ Learn more
lab /æ/ lube /uː/ Learn more
drowning /aʊ/ draining /e/ Learn more
loud /aʊ/ lewd /uː/ Learn more
calling /ɔ/ culling /ʌ/ Learn more
greedy /d/ greasy /s/ Learn more
fun /ʌ/ fen /ɛ/ Learn more
cops /p/ cocks /k/ Learn more
tearing /r/ tipping /p/ Learn more
proceeded /ʌ/ preceded /i/ Learn more
boring /ɔ/ barring /ɒ/ Learn more
chin /ɪ/ churn /ɜː/ Learn more
rang /æ/ rung /ʌ/ Learn more
divide /v/ defied /f/ Learn more
directed /r/ dejected /dʒ/ Learn more
seating /t/ seizing /z/ Learn more
fill /ɪ/ foal /oʊ/ Learn more
lacks /k/ lapse /p/ Learn more
fraud /ɔ/ fried /aɪ/ Learn more
wrapped /p/ rant /n/ Learn more
cried /aɪ/ crud /ʌ/ Learn more
learners /ɜː/ liners /aɪ/ Learn more
sip /ɪ/ sap /æ/ Learn more
crowded /r/ clouded /l/ Learn more

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