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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
verified/l/: 1571 words · competing-free 1154

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Word list

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.