Z Minimal Pairs for Speech Therapy Practice

108 Z Minimal Pairs for Speech Therapy Practice


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Z Minimal Pairs


Z/P


Z/P

Zen/pen

zoo/Pooh

Z/B


zoo/boo

zoom/boom

Zach/back

zone/bone

Z/T


zoo/two

zap/tap

Zen/ten

Z/tea

zest/test

Z/D


zip/dip

zoo/do

Zen/den

zed/dead



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Z/K


zap/cap

zoo/coo

zone/cone

Z/key

zit/kit

zing/king

Z/G


zoo/goo

zest/guest

zap/gap

Z/F


zed/fed

zone/phone

zit/fit

Z/V


zeal/veal

Z/V

zest/vest

Z's/V's

Z/S


zip/sip

zinc/sink

zap/sap

Z/L


zoo/Lou

zed/lead

Z/Leigh

Zack/lack

zone/lone

zip/lip

zit/lit

Z/SH


zoo/shoe

Z/she

Zach/shack

zip/ship

Z/CH


Zane/chain

Z's/cheese

zap/chap

zoo/chew

zest/chest

zoos/choose


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Z/DZ


Z/G

Zack/jack

zone/Joan

Zen/Jen

Z/H


zoo/who

zed/head

Z/he

Zack/hack

zone/hone

zip/hip

zit/hit

Zen/hen

Z/Voiceless TH


zinc/think

Z/Voiced TH


Z's/these

Z/thee

Zen/then

Z/M


zoo/moo

Z/me

Zack/Mack

zap/map

zone/moan

Zen/men

zit/mitt

zinc/mink

Z/N


zed/Ned

Z/knee

Zack/knack

zap/nap

zit/knit

zest/nest

zip/nip

Z/NG


whiz/wing

biz/Bing

Z/R


zoom/room

zed/red

Zach/rack

zap/wrap

Zen/wren

zit/writ

zest/rest

zing/ring

zinc/rink

zip/rip


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Z/W


Z/we

zest/west

Z's/wheeze

zip/whip

Zen/when

zinc/wink

zit/wit

Z/Y


zap/yap

Zen/yen

Zack/yak

Z/ZH


lose/luge

ruse/rouge

bays/beige



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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