Minimal Pairs

Minimal pairs for speech therapy

19,290 minimal pairs

Word Unique Phoneme Word Unique Phoneme
border /r/ balder /l/ Learn more
spare /ɛ/ spar /ɒ/ Learn more
bags /æ/ bergs /ɜː/ Learn more
cedar /i/ solder /ɒ/ Learn more
sect /ɛ/ sacked /æ/ Learn more
petty /ɛ/ pouty /aʊ/ Learn more
bear /ɛ/ boor /ʊ/ Learn more
talked /ɔ/ tucked /ʌ/ Learn more
coughing /f/ cocking /k/ Learn more
seizing /z/ seeding /d/ Learn more
martyrs /t/ marchers /tʃ/ Learn more
looters /uː/ liters /i/ Learn more
bite /aɪ/ batt /æ/ Learn more
rot /ɒ/ rout /aʊ/ Learn more
buffer /f/ bummer /m/ Learn more
listened /ɪ/ lessened /ɛ/ Learn more
sealed /i/ sold /oʊ/ Learn more
surrender /ɜː/ spender /p/ Learn more
defied /aɪ/ deferred /ɜː/ Learn more
penny /n/ peppy /p/ Learn more
halves /v/ hams /m/ Learn more
sued /uː/ sawed /ɔ/ Learn more
cocked /ɔ/ caked /e/ Learn more
pulling /ʊ/ pilling /ɪ/ Learn more
paddling /d/ paneling /n/ Learn more

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