Minimal Pairs

Minimal pairs for speech therapy

19,290 minimal pairs

Word Unique Phoneme Word Unique Phoneme
despairing /r/ dispelling /l/ Learn more
hopped /ɒ/ heaped /i/ Learn more
feigning /e/ fawning /ɔ/ Learn more
racking /æ/ reeking /i/ Learn more
wincing /s/ winnowing /oʊ/ Learn more
choke /oʊ/ cheque /ɛ/ Learn more
skunk /k/ stunk /t/ Learn more
peeked /i/ pocked /ɒ/ Learn more
weeps /p/ weeks /k/ Learn more
copious /p/ coleus /l/ Learn more
doggy /g/ dory /r/ Learn more
dogma /g/ dharma /r/ Learn more
lurks /ɜː/ lox /ɒ/ Learn more
stony /n/ stogie /g/ Learn more
swells /ɛ/ swales /e/ Learn more
wrenching /tʃ/ rending /d/ Learn more
soot /ʊ/ sate /e/ Learn more
saws /ɔ/ sows /oʊ/ Learn more
calming /m/ conning /n/ Learn more
seared /r/ sinned /n/ Learn more
bleed /i/ blowed /oʊ/ Learn more
potted /ɒ/ putted /ʌ/ Learn more
carol /r/ cackle /k/ Learn more
sniffing /f/ snitching /tʃ/ Learn more
gaudy /ɔ/ goodie /ʊ/ Learn more

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