Minimal Pairs

Minimal pairs for speech therapy

19,290 minimal pairs

Word Unique Phoneme Word Unique Phoneme
doubting /t/ downing /n/ Learn more
petting /t/ pecking /k/ Learn more
sheikh /i/ shuck /ʌ/ Learn more
haves /v/ hams /m/ Learn more
wading /d/ waiving /v/ Learn more
lashed /ʃ/ lapped /p/ Learn more
bladder /d/ blather /ð/ Learn more
bogey /g/ boney /n/ Learn more
panes /n/ pails /l/ Learn more
whirring /ɜː/ wooing /uː/ Learn more
gulls /ʌ/ gales /e/ Learn more
gulls /ʌ/ ghouls /uː/ Learn more
signed /aɪ/ sinned /ɪ/ Learn more
bouts /aʊ/ buts /ʌ/ Learn more
cronies /oʊ/ crannies /æ/ Learn more
feast /i/ faced /e/ Learn more
monitor /t/ monomer /m/ Learn more
polar /l/ poser /z/ Learn more
puddle /d/ pummel /m/ Learn more
defied /f/ denied /n/ Learn more
overload /l/ overrode /r/ Learn more
steamy /i/ stymie /aɪ/ Learn more
weariness /i/ weirdness /d/ Learn more
penal /ʌ/ penile /aɪ/ Learn more
wagging /g/ whacking /k/ Learn more

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