Medial L Words for Speech Therapy
1571 medial l words, verified against the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. 1154 contain the target sound without competing sounds.
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Target /l/ · Medial
/l/
01alt
02bald
03belt
04belts
05bills
06black
07blacks
08blade
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1-syllable
- alt
- bald
- belt
- belts
- bills
- black
- blacks
- blade
- blades
- blah
- blame
- blank
- blast
- blend
- bless
- blessed
- blind
- blink
- block
- blocked
- blocks
- blog
- blogs
- blond
- blonde
- blood
- bloom
- blow
- blue
- blues
- bold
- bolt
- build
- builds
- built
- bulk
- called
- calls
- cells
- child
- claim
- claimed
- claims
- clan
- class
- clause
- clay
- clean
- clear
- cleared
- clerk
- click
- clicks
- cliff
- climb
- clip
- clips
- clock
- clocks
- clone
- close
- closed
- cloth
- clothes
- cloud
- clouds
- club
- clubs
- cold
- cult
- deals
- dealt
- dolls
- else
- failed
- fails
- falls
- false
- fault
- feels
- felt
- field
- fields
- filed
- files
- filled
- film
- films
- flag
- flags
- flame
- flash
- flat
- fleece
- fleet
- flesh
- flex
- flight
- flights
- flip
- float
- flood
- floor
- floors
- flow
- flows
- flu
- flush
- flux
- fly
- fold
- girls
- glad
- glance
- glass
- glen
- globe
- gloves
- glow
- goals
- gold
- golf
- guild
- gulf
- health
- held
- help
- helped
- helps
- hills
- hold
- holds
- holes
- killed
- kills
- mailed
- mails
- males
- meals
- mild
- miles
- milk
- mills
- mold
- nails
- oils
- old
- pills
- place
- placed
- plain
- plains
- plan
- plane
- planes
- planned
- plans
- plant
- plants
- plate
- plates
- play
- played
- plays
- please
- pleased
- pledge
- plot
- plots
- plug
- plus
- polls
- pools
- pulled
- pulse
- quilt
- ralph
- realm
- roles
- rolled
- rolls
- ruled
- rules
- sales
- salt
- scales
- schools
- sealed
- self
- sells
- shelf
- shield
- silk
- skilled
- skills
- slave
- sleep
- sleeps
- sleeve
- slide
- slides
- slight
- slim
- slip
- slope
- slot
- slots
- slow
- sold
- solve
- solved
- souls
- split
- styles
- tales
- tells
- tiles
- told
- tools
- trails
- twelve
- valve
- valves
- vault
- volt
- wales
- walls
- wealth
- wells
- welsh
- wheels
- whilst
- wild
- wolf
- world
- worlds
- yield
- yields
2-syllable
- adult
- adults
- airline
- airlines
- airplane
- ala
- alan
- alarm
- albert
- album
- albums
- alert
- alerts
- align
- alike
- alive
- alleged
- allied
- allow
- allowed
- allows
- alloy
- almost
- alone
- along
- alpha
- alpine
- also
- alter
- altered
- although
- alto
- always
- angels
- appeals
- applied
- applies
- apply
- assault
- athletes
- atlas
- badly
- bailey
- balance
- balanced
- ballet
- balloon
- ballot
- barely
- baseline
- belief
- beliefs
- believe
- believed
- believes
- belly
- belong
- belongs
- below
- berlin
- billing
- billion
Words without competing sounds
- alt
- bald
- belt
- belts
- bills
- black
- blacks
- blade
- blades
- blah
- blame
- blank
- blast
- blend
- bless
- blessed
- blind
- blink
- block
- blocked
- blocks
- blog
- blogs
- blond
- blonde
- blood
- bloom
- blow
- blue
- blues
- bold
- bolt
- build
- builds
- built
- bulk
- called
- calls
- cells
- child
- claim
- claimed
- claims
- clan
- class
- clause
- clay
- clean
- clerk
- click
- clicks
- cliff
- climb
- clip
- clips
- clock
- clocks
- clone
- close
- closed
- cloth
- clothes
- cloud
- clouds
- club
- clubs
- cold
- cult
- deals
- dealt
- dolls
- else
- failed
- fails
- falls
- false
- fault
- feels
- felt
- field
- fields
- filed
- files
- filled
- film
- films
- flag
- flags
- flame
- flash
- flat
- fleece
- fleet
- flesh
- flex
- flight
- flights
- flip
- float
- flood
- flow
- flows
- flu
- flush
- flux
- fly
- fold
- girls
- glad
- glance
- glass
- glen
- globe
- gloves
- glow
- goals
- gold
- golf
- guild
- gulf
- health
- held
- help
- helped
- helps
- hills
- hold
- holds
- holes
- killed
- kills
- mailed
- mails
- males
- meals
- mild
- miles
- milk
- mills
- mold
- nails
- oils
- old
- pills
- place
- placed
- plain
- plains
- plan
- plane
- planes
- planned
- plans
- plant
- plants
- plate
- plates
- play
- played
- plays
- please
- pleased
- pledge
- plot
- plots
- plug
- plus
- polls
- pools
- pulled
- pulse
- sales
- salt
- scales
- schools
- sealed
- self
- sells
- shelf
- shield
- silk
- skilled
- skills
- slave
- sleep
- sleeps
- sleeve
- slide
- slides
- slight
- slim
- slip
- slope
- slot
- slots
- slow
- sold
- solve
- solved
- souls
- split
- styles
- tales
- tells
- tiles
- told
- tools
- valve
- valves
- vault
- volt
- adult
- adults
- ala
- alan
- albert
- album
- albums
- alert
- alerts
- align
- alike
- alive
- alleged
- allied
- allow
- allowed
- allows
- alloy
- almost
- alone
- along
- alpha
- alpine
- also
- alter
- altered
- although
- alto
- angels
- appeals
- applied
- applies
- apply
- assault
- athletes
- atlas
- badly
- bailey
- balance
- balanced
- ballet
- balloon
- ballot
- baseline
- belief
- beliefs
- believe
- believed
- believes
- belly
- belong
- belongs
- below
- berlin
- billing
Frequently asked questions
- How many words have /l/ in the medial position?
- Our dictionary lists 1571 medial /l/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.
- What are some example medial /l/ words?
- Examples include alt, bald, belt, belts, bills, black, blacks, blade.
- What does "medial /l/" mean?
- It means the /l/ sound falls in the medial position of the word.
- Which medial /l/ words have no competing sounds?
- 1154 of them contain /l/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.