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

Our dictionary lists 461 medial /v/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.

What are some example medial /v/ words?

Examples include curves, drives, gives, gloves, knives, leaves, lived, lives.

What does "medial /v/" mean?

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

Which medial /v/ words have no competing sounds?

421 of them contain /v/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.

Medial V Words for Speech Therapy

461 medial v words, verified against the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. 421 contain the target sound without competing sounds.

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Articulation practice

Target /v/ · Medial

/v/

01curves

02drives

03gives

04gloves

05knives

06leaves

07lived

08lives

verified/v/: 461 words · competing-free 421

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Word list

1-syllable

curves
drives
gives
gloves
knives
leaves
lived
lives
loved
loves
moved
moves
proved
saved
saves
served
serves
shaved
solved
valves
waves
wives

2-syllable

achieved
advance
advanced
adverse
advert
advice
advise
advised
approved
archived
archives
arrived
arrives
ave
avoid
beaver
believed
believes
canvas
chevy
civic
civil
convert
convinced
cover
covered
covers
derived
device
devil
devon
diverse
divide
divine
diving
divorce
dover
driven
driver
drivers
driving
even
evening
event
events
ever
evil
favor
favors
favour
fever
flavor
given
giving
harvest
haven
having
heaven
heavy
housewives
improved
invest
invite
invoice
involve
involved
involves
java
leaving
level
levels
levy
liver
livestock
living
lovely
lover
lovers
loving
marvel
movement
movements
movers
movie
movies
moving
naval
navy
nervous
never
nova
novel
novels
observed
oval
oven
over
perceived
prevent
preview
previews
private
privilege
proven
provide
provides
province
received
receives
removed
reserved
reserves
resolved
retrieved
reveal
revealed
reveals
revenge
reverse
review
reviewed
reviews
revised
river
rivers
rover
savage
saver
saving
savings
server
servers
service
serving
seven
seventh
several
severe
silver
solving
steven
stevens
survey
surveys
survive
themselves
travel
travels
travis
velvet
waiver

3-syllable

achievement
achievements
achieving
actively
activists
advancement
advances
advantage
adventure
adventures
advertise
advisor
advisors
advocate
approval
arrival
arrivals
avatar
avenue
average
avoiding
behavior
behaviour
beverage
beverages
boulevard
carnival
civilian
convenience
convenient
convention
conventions
convergence
conversion
converted
converter
convicted
conviction
coverage
covering
deliver
delivered
delivers
develop
developed
develops
deviant
devices
devoted
discover
discovered
divided
dividend
division
divisions
eleven
envelope
every
everyday
everyone
everything
everywhere
evidence
evident
favorite
favorites
favourite
festival
festivals
forever
geneva
governance
governing
government
governments
governor
gravity
hardcover
heavily
however
improvement
improvements
improving
incentives
interval
intervals
interview
interviews
invalid
invasion
invention
investing
investment
investments
investor
investors
invited
involvement
involving
ivory
juvenile
medieval
moreover
navigate
nirvana
novelty
november
objectives
observer
obvious
oliver
ourselves
overall
overcome
overhead
overnight
overseas
overview
pavilion
perspectives
poverty
preventing
prevention
previous
privacy
privileges
provided

Words without competing sounds

curves
drives
gives
gloves
knives
leaves
lived
lives
loved
loves
moved
moves
proved
saved
saves
served
serves
shaved
solved
valves
waves
wives
achieved
advance
advanced
adverse
advert
advice
advise
advised
approved
archived
archives
arrived
arrives
ave
avoid
canvas
chevy
civic
civil
convert
convinced
cover
covered
covers
derived
device
devil
devon
diverse
divide
divine
diving
divorce
dover
driven
driver
drivers
driving
even
evening
event
events
ever
evil
given
giving
harvest
haven
having
heaven
heavy
housewives
improved
invest
invite
invoice
involve
involved
involves
java
leaving
level
levels
levy
liver
livestock
living
lovely
lover
lovers
loving
marvel
movement
movements
movers
movie
movies
moving
naval
navy
nervous
never
nova
novel
novels
oval
oven
over
perceived
prevent
preview
previews
private
privilege
proven
provide
provides
province
received
receives
removed
reserved
reserves
resolved
retrieved
reveal
revealed
reveals
revenge
reverse
review
reviewed
reviews
revised
river
rivers
rover
savage
saver
saving
savings
server
servers
service
serving
seven
seventh
several
severe
silver
solving
steven
stevens
survey
surveys
survive
themselves
travel
travels
travis
velvet
waiver
achievement
achievements
achieving
actively
activists
advancement
advances
advantage
adventure
adventures
advertise
advisor
advisors
advocate
approval
arrival
arrivals
avatar
avenue
average
avoiding
carnival
civilian
convenience
convenient
convention
conventions
convergence
conversion
converted
converter
convicted
conviction
coverage
covering
deliver
delivered
delivers
develop
developed
develops
deviant
devices
devoted
discover
discovered
divided
dividend
division
divisions
eleven
envelope
every
everyday
everyone
everything
everywhere
evidence
evident
geneva
governance
governing
government
governments
governor
gravity
hardcover
heavily
however
improvement
improvements
improving
incentives
interval
intervals
interview
interviews
invalid
invasion
invention
investing
investment
investments
investor
investors
invited
involvement
involving
ivory
juvenile
medieval
moreover
navigate
nirvana
novelty
oliver
ourselves
overall
overcome
overhead
overnight
overseas
overview
pavilion
perspectives
poverty
preventing
prevention
previous
privacy
privileges
provided

Frequently asked questions

How many words have /v/ in the medial position?: Our dictionary lists 461 medial /v/ words suitable for speech therapy practice.
What are some example medial /v/ words?: Examples include curves, drives, gives, gloves, knives, leaves, lived, lives.
What does "medial /v/" mean?: It means the /v/ sound falls in the medial position of the word.
Which medial /v/ words have no competing sounds?: 421 of them contain /v/ without the sounds children commonly substitute for it.