Minimal Pairs

Minimal pairs for speech therapy

55,337 minimal pairs

Word Unique Phoneme Word Unique Phoneme
sea /i/ sew /oʊ/ Learn more
pie /p/ sigh /s/ Learn more
soup /uː/ sip /ɪ/ Learn more
shape /p/ shave /v/ Learn more
putting /ʌ/ patting /æ/ Learn more
word /ɜː/ wed /ɛ/ Learn more
later /e/ lighter /aɪ/ Learn more
delivery /i/ delivers /z/ Learn more
damn /æ/ dumb /ʌ/ Learn more
dried /d/ bride /b/ Learn more
pain /n/ pave /v/ Learn more
beds /d/ bells /l/ Learn more
contained /d/ container /ɜː/ Learn more
fruit /uː/ freight /e/ Learn more
aim /m/ aide /d/ Learn more
young /j/ wrung /r/ Learn more
banking /b/ ranking /r/ Learn more
brief /f/ breach /tʃ/ Learn more
says /z/ sere /r/ Learn more
light /t/ lithe /ð/ Learn more
sounded /d/ sounding /ŋ/ Learn more
middle /m/ fiddle /f/ Learn more
locked /t/ locker /ɜː/ Learn more
coming /ʌ/ calming /ɒ/ Learn more
tools /t/ jewels /dʒ/ Learn more

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