Final R Words for Speech Therapy
133 final r words, verified against the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. 102 contain the target sound without competing sounds.
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Articulation practice
Target /r/ · Final
/r/
01air
02are
03bar
04bare
05bear
06beer
07car
08care
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/r/: 133 words · competing-free 102Generate a custom worksheet for this sound
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1-syllable
- air
- are
- bar
- bare
- bear
- beer
- car
- care
- chair
- char
- clear
- core
- corps
- cure
- dare
- dear
- deer
- door
- ear
- fair
- far
- fare
- fear
- floor
- for
- four
- gear
- gore
- hair
- hear
- here
- jar
- mar
- mere
- more
- near
- nor
- pair
- par
- peer
- poor
- pour
- prayer
- pure
- rare
- rear
- score
- share
- sheer
- shore
- spare
- sphere
- square
- star
- store
- sure
- tar
- tear
- their
- there
- tier
- tour
- war
- ware
- wear
- where
- year
- your
2-syllable
- affair
- airfare
- appear
- assure
- aware
- before
- bizarre
- bookstore
- brochure
- career
- compare
- declare
- decor
- elsewhere
- ensure
- explore
- firmware
- footwear
- freeware
- frontier
- guitar
- hardware
- healthcare
- ignore
- indoor
- inquire
- jaguar
- mature
- mentor
- nightmare
- nowhere
- offshore
- outdoor
- premier
- premiere
- prepare
- radar
- repair
- restore
- secure
- severe
- shareware
- software
- somewhere
- spyware
- therefore
- toolbar
- vampire
- welfare
3-syllable
- anymore
- anywhere
- atmosphere
- avatar
- engineer
- everywhere
- furthermore
- medicare
- pioneer
- questionnaire
- registrar
- reservoir
- seminar
- underwear
- volunteer
4-syllable
- miniature
Words without competing sounds
- air
- are
- bar
- bare
- bear
- beer
- car
- care
- chair
- char
- core
- corps
- cure
- dare
- dear
- deer
- door
- ear
- fair
- far
- fare
- fear
- for
- four
- gear
- gore
- hair
- hear
- here
- jar
- mar
- mere
- more
- near
- nor
- pair
- par
- peer
- poor
- pour
- prayer
- pure
- rare
- rear
- score
- share
- sheer
- shore
- spare
- sphere
- star
- store
- sure
- tar
- tear
- their
- there
- tier
- tour
- year
- your
- affair
- airfare
- appear
- assure
- before
- bizarre
- bookstore
- brochure
- career
- compare
- decor
- ensure
- frontier
- guitar
- ignore
- indoor
- mature
- mentor
- nightmare
- offshore
- outdoor
- premier
- premiere
- prepare
- radar
- repair
- restore
- secure
- severe
- therefore
- vampire
- anymore
- atmosphere
- avatar
- engineer
- furthermore
- medicare
- pioneer
- registrar
- seminar
- miniature
Frequently asked questions
- How many words have /r/ in the final position?
- Our dictionary lists 133 final /r/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.
- What are some example final /r/ words?
- Examples include air, are, bar, bare, bear, beer, car, care.
- What does "final /r/" mean?
- It means the /r/ sound falls in the final position of the word.
- Which final /r/ words have no competing sounds?
- 102 of them contain /r/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.