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

Our dictionary lists 2227 medial /n/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.

What are some example medial /n/ words?

Examples include and, ant, band, bands, banned, beans, bench, bend.

What does "medial /n/" mean?

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

Which medial /n/ words have no competing sounds?

1625 of them contain /n/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.

Medial N Words for Speech Therapy

2227 medial n words, verified against the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. 1625 contain the target sound without competing sounds.

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Articulation practice

Target /n/ · Medial

/n/

01and

02ant

03band

04bands

05banned

06beans

07bench

08bend

verified/n/: 2227 words · competing-free 1625

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Word list

1-syllable

and
ant
band
bands
banned
beans
bench
bend
bent
bind
blend
blind
blond
blonde
bond
bonds
bones
bound
branch
brand
brands
bronze
bunch
burns
cant
cent
cents
chains
chance
change
changed
coins
cons
count
counts
dance
dense
earned
end
ends
fans
fence
find
finds
font
fonts
found
french
friend
friends
front
fund
funds
gained
gains
genes
glance
grand
grande
grant
grants
ground
grounds
guns
hand
hands
hence
hint
hints
hunt
inch
inns
ins
jeans
johns
joined
joins
joint
jones
kent
kind
kinds
lance
land
lands
lanes
launch
launched
learned
lens
lined
lines
loans
lounge
lunch
means
meant
mind
minds
mines
mint
month
months
mount
mounts
once
ones
ons
owned
owns
paint
pants
pens
phones
pins
plains
planes
planned
plans
plant
plants
point
points
pond
pound
pounds
prince
print
prints
punch
queens
ranch
rand
range
rent
round
rounds
runs
saint
saints
sand
sans
scanned
scenes
screens
send
sends
sense
sent
signed
signs
since
skins
snake
snap
snow
sons
sound
sounds
spend
spent
sprint
stand
stands
stones
strand
strange
teens
tend
tent
tones
tons
towns
trained
trains
trance
trans
trend
trends
tunes
turned
turns
twins
want
wants
warned
went
wind
winds
wines
wins
wound
zones

2-syllable

absence
absent
accent
account
accounts
acne
actions
advance
advanced
against
agent
agents
airlines
amend
amount
amounts
ana
ancient
angel
angels
anna
annex
announce
announced
answer
answered
answers
anti
antique
antiques
any
around
arrange
arranged
assigned
attend
auctions
background
backgrounds
balance
balanced
bandwidth
banner
banners
bargains
basement
begins
behind
benchmark
beneath
beyond
binding
bonus
branches
brilliant
broadband
brunette
bundle
bunny
burner
burning
business
buttons
campaigns
canal
cancel
cancelled
cancer
candle
candles
candy
cannon
canon
canvas
canyon
cartoons
cement
census
center
centered
centers
central
centre
centres
challenge
challenged
chances
changes
changing
channel
channels
china
chinese
christians
chronic
cleaner
cleaners
cleaning
cleanup
clearance
client
clients
clinic
clinics
collins
combined
combines

Words without competing sounds

and
ant
band
bands
banned
beans
bench
bend
bent
bind
blend
blind
blond
blonde
bond
bonds
bones
bound
branch
brand
brands
bronze
bunch
burns
cant
cent
cents
chains
chance
change
changed
coins
cons
count
counts
dance
dense
earned
end
ends
fans
fence
find
finds
font
fonts
found
french
friend
friends
front
fund
funds
gained
gains
genes
glance
grand
grande
grant
grants
ground
grounds
guns
hand
hands
hence
hint
hints
hunt
inch
inns
ins
jeans
johns
joined
joins
joint
jones
kent
kind
kinds
lance
land
lands
lanes
launch
launched
learned
lens
lined
lines
loans
lounge
lunch
once
ones
ons
owned
owns
paint
pants
pens
phones
pins
plains
planes
planned
plans
plant
plants
point
points
pond
pound
pounds
prince
print
prints
punch
queens
ranch
rand
range
rent
round
rounds
runs
saint
saints
sand
sans
scanned
scenes
screens
send
sends
sense
sent
signed
signs
since
skins
snake
snap
snow
sons
sound
sounds
spend
spent
sprint
stand
stands
stones
strand
strange
teens
tend
tent
tones
tons
towns
trained
trains
trance
trans
trend
trends
tunes
turned
turns
twins
want
wants
warned
went
wind
winds
wines
wins
wound
zones
absence
absent
accent
account
accounts
acne
actions
advance
advanced
against
agent
agents
airlines
ana
ancient
angel
angels
anna
annex
announce
announced
answer
answered
answers
anti
antique
antiques
any
around
arrange
arranged
assigned
attend
auctions
background
backgrounds
balance
balanced
bandwidth
banner
banners
bargains
begins
behind
beneath
beyond
bonus
branches
brilliant
broadband
brunette
bundle
bunny
burner
business
buttons
canal
cancel
cancelled
cancer
candle
candles
candy
cannon
canon
canvas
canyon
cartoons
census
center
centered
centers
central
centre
centres
challenge
challenged
chances
changes
channel
channels
china
chinese
christians
chronic
cleaner
cleaners
cleanup
clearance
client
clients
clinic
clinics
collins

Frequently asked questions

How many words have /n/ in the medial position?: Our dictionary lists 2227 medial /n/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.
What are some example medial /n/ words?: Examples include and, ant, band, bands, banned, beans, bench, bend.
What does "medial /n/" mean?: It means the /n/ sound falls in the medial position of the word.
Which medial /n/ words have no competing sounds?: 1625 of them contain /n/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.