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

Our dictionary lists 1893 medial /r/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.

What are some example medial /r/ words?

Examples include arc, arch, arm, armed, arms, art, arts, barn.

What does "medial /r/" mean?

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

Which medial /r/ words have no competing sounds?

1497 of them contain /r/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.

Medial R Words for Speech Therapy

1893 medial r words, verified against the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. 1497 contain the target sound without competing sounds.

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Articulation practice

Target /r/ · Medial

/r/

01arc

02arch

03arm

04armed

05arms

06art

07arts

08barn

verified/r/: 1893 words · competing-free 1497

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Word list

1-syllable

arc
arch
arm
armed
arms
art
arts
barn
bars
bears
board
boards
bored
born
bra
brad
brain
brake
brakes
branch
brand
brands
bras
brass
brave
breach
bread
break
breaks
breast
breath
breed
breeds
brick
bride
bridge
brief
briefs
bright
bring
brings
broad
broke
bronze
brook
brooks
brought
brown
browse
brush
carb
card
cards
carl
cars
cart
chairs
charge
charged
charm
charms
chart
charts
cheers
chrome
cleared
cord
cork
corn
course
court
courts
crack
craft
crafts
craig
craps
crash
cream
creek
crest
crew
crime
crimes
crop
crops
cross
crowd
crown
crude
cruise
cry
dark
doors
draft
drag
drain
draw
drawn
draws
dream
dreams
dress
dressed
drew
dried
drill
drink
drinks
drive
drives
drop
dropped
drops
drove
drug
drugs
drum
drums
drunk
dry
ears
fares
farm
farms
fears
floors
force
forced
ford
forge
fork
form
formed
forms
fort
forth
fourth
frame
framed
frames
frank
fraud
free
freeze
freight
french
fresh
fridge
friend
friends
frog
from
front
frost
fruit
fruits
grab
grace
grad
grade
grades
grain
grams
grand
grande
grant
grants
graph
graphs
grass
grave
gray
great
greece
greek
green
grew
grey
grid
grill
grip
groove
gross
ground
grounds
group
groups
grove
grow
grown
grows
growth
guard
guards
hard
harm
hart
heart
hearts
horn
horse
large
lord
marc
march
mark
marked
marks
mars
marsh
mart
norm
north
pairs
park
parks
part
parts
peers
phrase
pierce
pork
port
ports
praise
pray
prayer
prayers
pre
prep
press
pressed
price
priced
pride
priest
prime
prince
print
prints
prize
pro
probe
prompt
proof
pros
proud
prove
proved
scared
scored
scores
scratch
screen
screens
screw
script
scripts
scroll
shared
shares
shark
sharp
short
shorts
smart
sort
sorts
source
spears
sport
sports
spray
spread
spring
springs
sprint
sri
stars
start
starts
stored
stores
storm
straight
strain
strand
strange
strap
stream
streams
street
streets
strength
strengths
stress
stretch
strict
strike

Words without competing sounds

arc
arch
arm
armed
arms
art
arts
barn
bars
bears
board
boards
bored
born
bra
brad
brain
brake
brakes
branch
brand
brands
bras
brass
brave
breach
bread
break
breaks
breast
breath
breed
breeds
brick
bride
bridge
brief
briefs
bright
bring
brings
broad
broke
bronze
brook
brooks
brought
brown
browse
brush
carb
card
cards
cars
cart
chairs
charge
charged
charm
charms
chart
charts
cheers
chrome
cord
cork
corn
course
court
courts
crack
craft
crafts
craig
craps
crash
cream
creek
crest
crew
crime
crimes
crop
crops
cross
crowd
crown
crude
cruise
cry
dark
doors
draft
drag
drain
draw
drawn
draws
dream
dreams
dress
dressed
drew
dried
drink
drinks
drive
drives
drop
dropped
drops
drove
drug
drugs
drum
drums
drunk
dry
ears
fares
farm
farms
fears
force
forced
ford
forge
fork
form
formed
forms
fort
forth
fourth
frame
framed
frames
frank
fraud
free
freeze
freight
french
fresh
fridge
friend
friends
frog
from
front
frost
fruit
fruits
grab
grace
grad
grade
grades
grain
grams
grand
grande
grant
grants
graph
graphs
grass
grave
gray
great
greece
greek
green
grew
grey
grid
grip
groove
gross
ground
grounds
group
groups
grove
grow
grown
grows
growth
guard
guards
hard
harm
hart
heart
hearts
horn
horse
marc
march
mark
marked
marks
mars
marsh
mart
norm
north
pairs
park
parks
part
parts
peers
phrase
pierce
pork
port
ports
praise
pray
prayer
prayers
pre
prep
press
pressed
price
priced
pride
priest
prime
prince
print
prints
prize
pro
probe
prompt
proof
pros
proud
prove
proved
scared
scored
scores
scratch
screen
screens
screw
script
scripts
shared
shares
shark
sharp
short
shorts
smart
sort
sorts
source
spears
sport
sports
spray
spread
spring
springs
sprint
sri
stars
start
starts
stored
stores
storm
straight
strain
strand
strange
strap
stream
streams
street
streets
strength
strengths
stress
stretch
strict
strike

Frequently asked questions

How many words have /r/ in the medial position?: Our dictionary lists 1893 medial /r/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.
What are some example medial /r/ words?: Examples include arc, arch, arm, armed, arms, art, arts, barn.
What does "medial /r/" mean?: It means the /r/ sound falls in the medial position of the word.
Which medial /r/ words have no competing sounds?: 1497 of them contain /r/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.