Minimal pairs

Minimal pairs for speech therapy

Word	Unique Phoneme	Word	Unique Phoneme
banned	/n/	banged	/ŋ/	Learn more
ceiling	/l/	ceasing	/s/	Learn more
ports	/t/	porous	/ʌ/	Learn more
clip	/l/	quip	/w/	Learn more
wiring	/r/	whining	/n/	Learn more
spilling	/l/	spitting	/t/	Learn more
restoration	/t/	respiration	/p/	Learn more
swing	/w/	sowing	/oʊ/	Learn more
healing	/i/	hurling	/ɜː/	Learn more
cried	/aɪ/	crowed	/oʊ/	Learn more
closure	/ʒ/	clover	/v/	Learn more
spears	/r/	spills	/l/	Learn more
willing	/l/	witching	/tʃ/	Learn more
heels	/i/	hauls	/ɔ/	Learn more
unique	/i/	eunuch	/ʌ/	Learn more
fox	/k/	farce	/r/	Learn more
sweeping	/i/	swooping	/uː/	Learn more
stuck	/ʌ/	stoke	/oʊ/	Learn more
backing	/k/	bashing	/ʃ/	Learn more
fees	/i/	faze	/e/	Learn more
span	/æ/	spawn	/ɒ/	Learn more
causing	/z/	cocking	/k/	Learn more
cook	/ʊ/	caulk	/ɒ/	Learn more
cloves	/v/	clones	/n/	Learn more
ladder	/d/	lacquer	/k/	Learn more