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Mixed R Words
An advanced list of words carrying more than one R, filterable by syllables and word type.
These words hold more than one R: river, mirror, razor, farmer. Two chances to slip in a single word, which is why they sit at the end of an R program rather than the start.
All mixed R words (591)
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591 results of 591 mixed R words
Medial mixed R (591)
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Sound /ɹ/ + vocalic
How to make the mixed R sound
A mixed R word contains more than one kind of R, either a consonant R plus a vocalic R as in river and razor, or two different vocalic R types as in farmer. Each R has to be produced accurately in the same word, which makes these the hardest R words and a natural last step.
Developmental ages from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
mixed R sound questions
It carries more than one kind of R. River has a consonant R and a vocalic R. Farmer has two different vocalic R types, the AR and the ER.