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

Our dictionary lists 748 medial /d/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.

What are some example medial /d/ words?

Examples include adds, ads, aids, bands, beads, beds, bids, birds.

What does "medial /d/" mean?

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

Which medial /d/ words have no competing sounds?

517 of them contain /d/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.

Medial D Words for Speech Therapy

748 medial d words, verified against the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. 517 contain the target sound without competing sounds.

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Articulation practice

Target /d/ · Medial

/d/

01adds

02ads

03aids

04bands

05beads

06beds

07bids

08birds

verified/d/: 748 words · competing-free 517

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Word list

1-syllable

adds
ads
aids
bands
beads
beds
bids
birds
blades
boards
bonds
brands
breeds
builds
cards
clouds
codes
ends
feeds
fields
finds
foods
friends
funds
gods
goods
grades
grounds
guards
guides
hands
heads
holds
kids
kinds
lands
leads
loads
minds
modes
needs
nodes
odds
pads
pounds
reads
rides
roads
rounds
seeds
sends
shades
sides
slides
sounds
speeds
stands
threads
trades
trends
width
winds
woods
words
worlds
yards
yields

2-syllable

acids
added
adding
address
addressed
admin
admit
adopt
adult
adults
advance
advanced
adverse
advert
advice
advise
advised
audit
awards
backgrounds
badly
bandwidth
bedding
bedroom
bedrooms
besides
bidder
bidding
binding
birthday
bleeding
bodies
body
border
borders
boulder
breakdown
breeding
bridal
broadband
broadcast
broader
broadway
buddy
builder
builders
building
buildings
bundle
burden
candle
candles
candy
cedar
childhood
children
cloudy
coding
commands
compounds
condo
condos
conduct
cordless
cradle
credit
credits
daddy
deadline
deadly
decades
demands
depends
diamonds
downloads
edit
elder
ended
ending
endless
endorsed
extends
feedback
feeding
finder
finding
findings
folder
folders
folding
founded
founder
freedom
friendly
friendship
funded
funding
garden
gardens
gender
golden
guidance
guided
guidelines
handbags
handbook
handed
handheld
handle
handled
handles
handling
handmade
handy
harder
hardly
hardware
hardwood
hazards
headed
header
headers
heading
headline
headlines
headphones
headset
hidden
holder
holders
holding
holdings
honda
households
hundred
hundreds
ideal
idle
idol
ids
includes
indeed
index
indexed
indie
indoor
induced
islands
jordan
judy
keyboards
keywords
kidney
kinda
kingdom
ladder
laden
ladies
lady
lambda
landing
landscape
landscapes
laundry
leader
leaders
leading
legends
lender
lenders
lending
loaded
loading
madness
maiden
mandate
medal
methods
middle
midi
midlands
midnight
model
models
modem
modems
modern
murder
needed
needle
nudist
older
oldest
order
ordered
orders
outdoor
outdoors
passwords
payday
pendant
pending
podcast
postcards
powder
predict
proceeds
produce
produced
product
products
proudly
provides
radar
random
randy
rapids
reader
readers
reading
readings
ready
records
redeem
redhead
reduce
reduced
regards
render
rendered
rewards
rider
riders

Words without competing sounds

adds
ads
aids
bands
beads
beds
bids
birds
blades
boards
bonds
brands
breeds
builds
cards
clouds
codes
ends
feeds
fields
finds
foods
friends
funds
hands
heads
holds
kids
kinds
lands
leads
loads
minds
modes
needs
nodes
odds
pads
pounds
reads
rides
roads
rounds
seeds
sends
shades
sides
slides
sounds
speeds
threads
width
winds
woods
words
worlds
yards
yields
acids
added
adding
address
admin
advance
adverse
advice
advise
advised
awards
badly
bandwidth
bedding
bedroom
bedrooms
besides
bidder
bidding
binding
birthday
bleeding
bodies
body
border
borders
boulder
breakdown
breeding
bridal
broadband
broader
broadway
buddy
builder
builders
building
buildings
bundle
burden
candle
candles
candy
cedar
childhood
children
cloudy
coding
commands
compounds
condo
condos
cordless
cradle
daddy
deadline
deadly
decades
demands
depends
diamonds
downloads
elder
ended
ending
endless
feedback
feeding
finder
finding
findings
folder
folders
folding
founded
founder
freedom
friendly
friendship
funded
funding
gender
handbook
handed
handheld
handle
handled
handles
handling
handmade
handy
harder
hardly
hardware
hardwood
hazards
headed
header
headers
heading
headline
headlines
headphones
hidden
holder
holders
holding
holdings
honda
households
hundred
hundreds
ideal
idle
idol
ids
includes
indeed
index
indie
indoor
islands
jordan
judy
keyboards
keywords
kidney
kinda
kingdom
ladder
laden
ladies
lady
lambda
landing
landscape
landscapes
laundry
leader
leaders
leading
legends
lender
lenders
lending
loaded
loading
madness
maiden
medal
methods
middle
midi
midlands
model
models
modem
modems
modern
murder
needed
needle
older
order
ordered
orders
passwords
payday
pending
powder
proceeds
produce
proudly
provides
radar
random
randy
rapids
reader
readers
reading
readings
ready
records
redeem
redhead
reduce
render
rendered
rewards
rider
riders

Frequently asked questions

How many words have /d/ in the medial position?: Our dictionary lists 748 medial /d/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.
What are some example medial /d/ words?: Examples include adds, ads, aids, bands, beads, beds, bids, birds.
What does "medial /d/" mean?: It means the /d/ sound falls in the medial position of the word.
Which medial /d/ words have no competing sounds?: 517 of them contain /d/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.