Speech Sound Target Words

Pick a speech sound, a word position, and a syllable count to generate a practice word list with pronunciations and short glosses. Lists come from this build's pronunciation records and can be copied, printed, or downloaded as CSV.

Word lists generated from a fixed pronunciation dataset — not therapy advice. Consult a certified speech-language professional for assessment or treatment decisions.

Word position
Consonant context

About this generator

Lists are built from the retained CMUdict-derived pronunciation records in the current data release (v1/2026.07-lexical.6) and the build's compiled lexicon. Word position (initial, medial, final) and singleton-versus-cluster context are classified against each word's primary pronunciation variant. Short glosses come from this site's own definition records where available.

Limitations

  • CMUdict primarily reflects North American English; positions and syllable counts can differ by dialect.
  • Words without a pronunciation record never appear, which is a coverage limit, not a claim about the word.
  • Frequency bands are ranking bands specific to this build's evidence, not universal usage measurements.
  • Candidate scanning is bounded, so very broad selections may be marked as truncated.
  • The offensive-word display policy is always applied; there is no unfiltered mode on this page.

These are word lists, not therapy advice. See also the Minimal Pair Browser and the first-language guidance tables.