S Minimal Pairs for Speech Therapy Practice

160+ S Minimal Pairs for Speech Therapy Practice


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S Minimal Pairs

S/P

C/P

sigh/pie

soap/Pope

saint/paint

sage/page

sing/pine

seas/peas

sack/pack

S/B

scene/bean

sun/bun

sea/bee

seat/beet

sack/back

seed/bead

sand/band

sale/bale

S/T

sub/tub

sip/tip

sew/toe

sick/tick

sail/tail

sore/tore

surf/turf

sea/tea

S/D

sip/dip

C/D

sock/dock

suck/duck

sew/dough

sign/die

sore/door

seep/deep



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S/K

sat/cat

sole/coal

sight/kite

sold/cold

sit/kit

sob/cob

sick/kick

sea/key

S/G

sew/go

sigh/guy

sag/gag

save/gave

sole/goal

set/get

sold/gold

sap/gap

S/F

sew/foe

said/fed

sun/fun

sight/fight

sail/fail

seed/feed

seat/feet

son/fun

S/V

sea/V

sale/veil

sick/Vic

six/Vicks

sign/vine

seal/veal

sail/veil

sane/vein

S/ZH

loose/luge

base/beige

S/Z

sip/zip

sink/zinc

sap/zap

sue/zoo

piece/peas

S/SH

sew/show

seat/sheet

sour/shower

sell/shell

sip/ship

sack/shack

sign/shine

sore/shore

S/CH

sick/chick

sip/chip

silly/chili


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S/DZ

scene/Jean

sane/Jane

sea/G

sack/Jack

cell/gel

sob/job

soak/joke

set/jet

S/H

seat/heat

sip/hip

seal/heel

soap/hope

sum/hum

sand/hand

suit/hoot

soup/hoop

S/Voiceless TH

sink/think

sick/thick

sum/thumb

saw/thaw

sigh/thigh

sank/thank

S/Voiced TH

C's/these

sea/thee

sigh/thy

say/they

sew/though

sat/that

sis/this

S/M

sign/mine

sale/mail

seat/meat

seal/meal

sunny/money

six/mix

silk/milk

south/mouth

S/N

sea/knee

seat/neat

sack/knack

sale/nail

socks/knocks

sight/night

sum/numb

sap/nap

S/L

sick/lick

sign/line

sink/link

sight/light

seed/lead

say/lay

sew/low

sigh/lie

S/W

sew/woe

sigh/why

said/wed

sack/whack

sun/one

sight/white

sale/whale

seed/weed

seat/wheat

save/wave


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S/R

sail/rail

sash/rash

sew/row

soap/rope

sing/ring

sink/rink

sack/rack

sock/rock

S/Y

cell/yell

sap/yap

sum/yum

sack/yak

say/yay

set/yet

Sam/yam

soak/yolk

Sue/U

S/NG

kiss/king


This list of functional words was professionally selected to be the most useful for a child or adult who has difficulty with minimal pairs.

We encourage you to use this list when practicing at home.

Doing home practice will help your child make much faster progress toward correct production.

Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) are only able to see students/clients 30-60 mins (or less) per week.

This is not enough time or practice for someone to strengthen their understanding of minimal pairs. But with high caseloads...

...it's all SLPs can do.

There's only so much time in the day.

Every day that your child goes without practice it becomes more and more difficult to correct Minimal Pairs errors because he/she continues to say it incorrectly. 

We know life is busy , but if you're reading this you're probably someone who cares about helping their loved one as much as you can.

Practice 5-10 minutes whenever you can, but try to do it on a consistent basis (daily).

Please, please, please use this list to practice.

It will be a great benefit to you and your loved one's progress.



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