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

Our dictionary lists 816 medial /p/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.

What are some example medial /p/ words?

Examples include apps, apt, camps, caps, chips, clips, craps, crops.

What does "medial /p/" mean?

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

Which medial /p/ words have no competing sounds?

791 of them contain /p/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.

Medial P Words for Speech Therapy

816 medial p words, verified against the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. 791 contain the target sound without competing sounds.

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Articulation practice

Target /p/ · Medial

/p/

01apps

02apt

03camps

04caps

05chips

06clips

07craps

08crops

verified/p/: 816 words · competing-free 791

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Word list

1-syllable

apps
apt
camps
caps
chips
clips
craps
crops
cups
depth
dropped
drops
gaps
groups
helped
helps
hoped
hopes
keeps
kept
lamps
lips
loops
maps
oops
opt
pipes
prompt
pumps
script
scripts
sept
shaped
shapes
shipped
ships
shops
sleeps
spa
space
spain
spam
span
spank
spare
spas
speak
speaks
spears
spec
specs
speech
speed
speeds
spell
spend
spent
sperm
spice
spies
spin
spine
split
spoke
sport
sports
spot
spots
spouse
spray
spread
spring
springs
sprint
spy
stamps
steps
stopped
stops
stripes
strips
tapes
tips
tops
trips
troops
types
ups
wrapped

2-syllable

accept
accepts
adopt
airplane
airport
airports
alpine
apart
appeal
appeals
appear
appeared
appears
apple
applied
applies
apply
approach
approve
approved
aspect
aspects
attempt
attempts
baptist
bumper
campaign
campaigns
camping
campus
captain
capture
captured
carpet
champagne
chapel
chapter
chapters
cheaper
cheapest
collapse
compact
compare
compared
compete
compile
compiled
complaint
complaints
complete
complex
comply
composed
compound
compounds
compressed
compute
concept
concepts
cooper
copied
copies
copper
copy
corpus
couple
coupled
couples
coupon
coupons
cyprus
deeper
deeply
depend
depends
depot
desktops
desperate
despite
dispatch
dispatched
display
displayed
displays
dispute
disputes
eclipse
employ
employed
empty
epic
equipped
except
excerpt
exempt
expand
expect
expects
expense
expert
experts
expired
explain
explained
explains
explore
expo
export
exports
exposed
express
expressed
floppy
gospel
happen
happened
happens
happy
harper
helpful
helping
homepage
hoping
impact
impacts
impaired
implied
implies
import
imports
impose
imposed
impressed
improve
improved
input
inputs
japan
jumping
keeping
landscapes
laptop
laptops
maple
mapping
myspace
open
opened
opens
opera
opposed
optics
option
options
output
outputs
paper
papers
passport
people
peoples
pepper
perhaps
pipeline
prepaid
prepare
prepared
promptly
proper
propose
proposed
prospect
prospects
pupils
puppy
purple
purpose
rapid
rapids
repair
repairs
repeat
replace
replaced
replied
replies
reply
report
reports
reprint
reprints
respect
respond
response
sample
samples
sampling
sculpture
shepherd
shipment
shipments
shipping
shopper
shoppers
shopping
simple
simply
sleeping
snapshot
spaces
spanking

Words without competing sounds

apps
apt
camps
caps
chips
clips
craps
crops
cups
depth
dropped
drops
gaps
groups
helped
helps
hoped
hopes
keeps
kept
lamps
lips
loops
maps
oops
opt
pipes
prompt
pumps
script
scripts
sept
shaped
shapes
shipped
ships
shops
sleeps
spa
space
spain
spam
span
spank
spare
spas
speak
speaks
spears
spec
specs
speech
speed
speeds
spell
spend
spent
sperm
spice
spies
spin
spine
split
spoke
sport
sports
spot
spots
spouse
spray
spread
spring
springs
sprint
spy
stamps
steps
stopped
stops
stripes
strips
tapes
tips
tops
trips
troops
types
ups
wrapped
accept
accepts
adopt
airplane
airport
airports
alpine
apart
appeal
appeals
appear
appeared
appears
apple
applied
applies
apply
approach
approve
approved
aspect
aspects
attempt
attempts
campaign
campaigns
camping
campus
captain
capture
captured
carpet
champagne
chapel
chapter
chapters
cheaper
cheapest
collapse
compact
compare
compared
compete
compile
compiled
complaint
complaints
complete
complex
comply
composed
compound
compounds
compressed
compute
concept
concepts
cooper
copied
copies
copper
copy
corpus
couple
coupled
couples
coupon
coupons
cyprus
deeper
deeply
depend
depends
depot
desktops
desperate
despite
dispatch
dispatched
display
displayed
displays
dispute
disputes
eclipse
employ
employed
empty
epic
equipped
except
excerpt
exempt
expand
expect
expects
expense
expert
experts
expired
explain
explained
explains
explore
expo
export
exports
exposed
express
expressed
floppy
gospel
happen
happened
happens
happy
harper
helpful
helping
homepage
hoping
impact
impacts
impaired
implied
implies
import
imports
impose
imposed
impressed
improve
improved
input
inputs
japan
jumping
keeping
landscapes
laptop
laptops
maple
mapping
myspace
open
opened
opens
opera
opposed
optics
option
options
output
outputs
paper
papers
passport
people
peoples
pepper
perhaps
pipeline
prepaid
prepare
prepared
promptly
proper
propose
proposed
prospect
prospects
pupils
puppy
purple
purpose
rapid
rapids
repair
repairs
repeat
replace
replaced
replied
replies
reply
report
reports
reprint
reprints
respect
respond
response
sample
samples
sampling
sculpture
shepherd
shipment
shipments
shipping
shopper
shoppers
shopping
simple
simply
sleeping
snapshot
spaces
spanking

Frequently asked questions

How many words have /p/ in the medial position?: Our dictionary lists 816 medial /p/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.
What are some example medial /p/ words?: Examples include apps, apt, camps, caps, chips, clips, craps, crops.
What does "medial /p/" mean?: It means the /p/ sound falls in the medial position of the word.
Which medial /p/ words have no competing sounds?: 791 of them contain /p/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.