Final V Words for Speech Therapy
111 final v words, verified against the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. 99 contain the target sound without competing sounds.
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Articulation practice
Target /v/ · Final
/v/
01brave
02cave
03cove
04curve
05dev
06dive
07drive
08drove
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/v/: 111 words · competing-free 99Generate a custom worksheet for this sound
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1-syllable
- brave
- cave
- cove
- curve
- dev
- dive
- drive
- drove
- eve
- five
- gave
- give
- grave
- groove
- grove
- have
- leave
- live
- love
- move
- nerve
- prove
- rev
- save
- serve
- slave
- sleeve
- solve
- twelve
- valve
- wave
2-syllable
- above
- achieve
- active
- alive
- approve
- archive
- arrive
- believe
- deserve
- improve
- involve
- massive
- native
- observe
- olive
- passive
- preserve
- receive
- remove
- reserve
- resolve
- retrieve
- survive
- thereof
3-syllable
- adaptive
- aggressive
- attractive
- cognitive
- collective
- creative
- decorative
- defensive
- detective
- directive
- effective
- excessive
- exclusive
- expensive
- extensive
- impressive
- incentive
- inclusive
- intensive
- microwave
- narrative
- negative
- objective
- offensive
- perspective
- positive
- productive
- progressive
- prospective
- protective
- relative
- respective
- selective
- sensitive
- subjective
4-syllable
- alternative
- automotive
- comparative
- competitive
- comprehensive
- consecutive
- conservative
- cumulative
- executive
- inexpensive
- informative
- initiative
- innovative
- interactive
- legislative
- quantitative
- reproductive
5-syllable
- administrative
- collaborative
- cooperative
- representative
Words without competing sounds
- cave
- cove
- curve
- dev
- dive
- drive
- drove
- eve
- gave
- give
- grave
- groove
- grove
- have
- leave
- live
- love
- move
- nerve
- prove
- rev
- save
- serve
- slave
- sleeve
- solve
- twelve
- valve
- wave
- achieve
- active
- alive
- approve
- archive
- arrive
- deserve
- improve
- involve
- massive
- native
- olive
- passive
- preserve
- receive
- remove
- reserve
- resolve
- retrieve
- survive
- thereof
- adaptive
- aggressive
- attractive
- cognitive
- collective
- creative
- decorative
- detective
- directive
- excessive
- exclusive
- expensive
- extensive
- impressive
- incentive
- inclusive
- intensive
- microwave
- narrative
- negative
- perspective
- positive
- productive
- progressive
- prospective
- protective
- relative
- respective
- selective
- sensitive
- alternative
- automotive
- comparative
- competitive
- comprehensive
- consecutive
- conservative
- cumulative
- executive
- inexpensive
- initiative
- innovative
- interactive
- legislative
- quantitative
- reproductive
- administrative
- cooperative
- representative
Frequently asked questions
- How many words have /v/ in the final position?
- Our dictionary lists 111 final /v/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.
- What are some example final /v/ words?
- Examples include brave, cave, cove, curve, dev, dive, drive, drove.
- What does "final /v/" mean?
- It means the /v/ sound falls in the final position of the word.
- Which final /v/ words have no competing sounds?
- 99 of them contain /v/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.