How many words have /b/ in the medial position?

Our dictionary lists 402 medial /b/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.

What are some example medial /b/ words?

Examples include babes, clubs, herbs, jobs, labs, pubs, tabs, tribes.

What does "medial /b/" mean?

It means the /b/ sound falls in the medial position of the word.

Which medial /b/ words have no competing sounds?

354 of them contain /b/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.

Medial B Words for Speech Therapy

402 medial b words, verified against the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. 354 contain the target sound without competing sounds.

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Articulation practice

Target /b/ · Medial

/b/

01babes

02clubs

03herbs

04jobs

05labs

06pubs

07tabs

08tribes

verified/b/: 402 words · competing-free 354

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Word list

1-syllable

babes
clubs
herbs
jobs
labs
pubs
tabs
tribes
tubes

2-syllable

able
about
above
abroad
absence
absent
abstract
abstracts
abuse
albert
album
albums
amber
arbor
auburn
babies
baby
barbie
baseball
bible
bobby
broadband
bubble
cabin
cable
cables
carbon
celebs
chamber
chambers
chubby
combat
combine
combined
combines
combo
cookbook
cowboy
cubic
cyber
debate
debug
debut
derby
described
describes
disturbed
double
fabric
fabrics
feedback
fiber
fibre
football
garbage
gibson
gilbert
global
habits
hamburg
handbags
handbook
harbor
harbour
herbal
hereby
hobbies
hobby
husband
hybrid
inbox
keyboard
keyboards
label
labeled
labels
labor
labour
lobby
mambo
marble
maybe
member
members
membrane
mobile
mobiles
nearby
neighbor
neighbors
newbie
noble
notebook
notebooks
number
numbers
object
objects
observe
observed
obtain
obtained
orbit
paintball
playback
prescribed
problem
problems
public
publish
published
quebec
rabbit
rainbow
rebate
rebates
rebel
rebound
ribbon
robin
robot
robots
robust
rubber
ruby
rugby
samba
scuba
snowboard
softball
stable
subject
subjects
sublime
submit
subscribe
substance
symbol
symbols
table
tables
tablet
tablets
textbook
textbooks
thereby
timber
toolbar
toolbox
tribal
tribune
tribute
trouble
turbo
urban
verbal
webpage
website
websites
webster

3-syllable

abandoned
abortion
abs
absolute
absorption
acrobat
adobe
algebra
ambient
arabic
asbestos
assembled
assembly
attribute
attributes
basketball
biblical
blackberry
cabinet
cabinets
capable
celebrate
combining
contribute
database
describing
disable
disabled
distribute
durable
ebony
embassy
embedded
enable
enabled
enables
ensemble
establish
established
exhibit
exhibits
fabulous
flexible
forbidden
gambling
habitat
horrible
lesbian
lesbians
liable
liberal
liberty
libraries
library
membership
motherboard
neighborhood
nobody
november
objective
objectives
observer
obtaining
obvious
paperback
paperbacks
payable
portable
possible
possibly
printable
probably
publicly
publisher
publishers
publishing
refurbished
remember
remembered
republic
somebody
subjective
submission
submissions
submitted
submitting
subscriber
subscribers
subscription
subscriptions
subsection
subsequent
substances
substantial
substitute
suburban
suitable
terrible
tobacco
tribunal
unable
unsubscribe
valuable
vegetable
vegetables
visible
volleyball
webmaster
webmasters

4-syllable

abilities
ability
absolutely
acceptable
accessible
adjustable
affordable
ambassador
antibodies
antibody
anybody
applicable
arbitrary
arbitration
automobile
automobiles
available
calibration
celebration
celebrities
celebrity
charitable

Words without competing sounds

babes
clubs
herbs
jobs
labs
tabs
tribes
tubes
able
about
above
abroad
absence
absent
abstract
abstracts
abuse
albert
album
albums
amber
arbor
auburn
babies
baby
barbie
baseball
bible
bobby
broadband
bubble
cabin
cable
cables
carbon
celebs
chamber
chambers
chubby
combat
combine
combined
combines
combo
cookbook
cowboy
cubic
cyber
debate
debug
debut
derby
described
describes
disturbed
double
fabric
fabrics
feedback
fiber
fibre
football
garbage
gibson
gilbert
global
habits
hamburg
handbags
handbook
harbor
harbour
herbal
hereby
hobbies
hobby
husband
hybrid
inbox
keyboard
keyboards
label
labeled
labels
labor
labour
lobby
mambo
marble
maybe
member
members
membrane
mobile
mobiles
nearby
neighbor
neighbors
newbie
noble
notebook
notebooks
number
numbers
object
objects
observe
observed
obtain
obtained
orbit
quebec
rabbit
rainbow
rebate
rebates
rebel
rebound
ribbon
robin
robot
robots
robust
rubber
ruby
rugby
samba
scuba
snowboard
softball
stable
subject
subjects
sublime
submit
subscribe
substance
symbol
symbols
table
tables
tablet
tablets
textbook
textbooks
thereby
timber
toolbar
toolbox
tribal
tribune
tribute
trouble
turbo
urban
verbal
website
websites
webster
abandoned
abortion
abs
absolute
acrobat
adobe
algebra
ambient
arabic
asbestos
assembled
assembly
attribute
attributes
basketball
biblical
blackberry
cabinet
cabinets
celebrate
combining
contribute
database
describing
disable
disabled
distribute
durable
ebony
embassy
embedded
enable
enabled
enables
ensemble
establish
established
exhibit
exhibits
fabulous
flexible
forbidden
gambling
habitat
horrible
lesbian
lesbians
liable
liberal
liberty
libraries
library
motherboard
neighborhood
nobody
november
objective
objectives
observer
obtaining
obvious
refurbished
remember
remembered
somebody
subjective
submission
submissions
submitted
submitting
subscriber
subscribers
subsection
subsequent
substances
substantial
substitute
suburban
suitable
terrible
tobacco
tribunal
unable
unsubscribe
valuable
vegetable
vegetables
visible
volleyball
webmaster
webmasters
abilities
ability
absolutely
accessible
adjustable
affordable
ambassador
antibodies
antibody
anybody
arbitrary
arbitration
automobile
automobiles
available
calibration
celebration
celebrities
celebrity
charitable

Frequently asked questions

How many words have /b/ in the medial position?: Our dictionary lists 402 medial /b/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.
What are some example medial /b/ words?: Examples include babes, clubs, herbs, jobs, labs, pubs, tabs, tribes.
What does "medial /b/" mean?: It means the /b/ sound falls in the medial position of the word.
Which medial /b/ words have no competing sounds?: 354 of them contain /b/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.