Step-by-Step Articulation Therapy for the /p/ Sound

"N" /n/ – Voiced Alveolar Nasal  - by syllable & position → Download /n/ Word List (PDF)

Words with the /n/ sound in the initial position

One syllable words:

• note, Nile, knock, knee, net, knit, knot, not, neat, near, Nick, knack, niece, nag, nacre, noon, noon, knew, new, nap, non, need, nub, no, know, nest, nib, nerd, knight, night, knob, nail, nook, now, knoll, knees, nod, noun, news, none, nun, nab, name, nine, nope, nude, ness, nip, knows, nose, nut, gnome, nerve, nice, null, kneel, nudge, notch, knife, niche, node, neck, Next, north, Nurse

Two syllable words:

• necklace, newborn, neckwear, nothing, Norway, narrow, night guard, newsstand, Nightstand, nylon, nineteen, nightclub, northeast, nutmeg, nutshell, bird’s nest, knitter, door knob, notebook, no one, nation, last name, first name, nozzle, nipper, neuter, New York, nimble, nibble, nicer, nether, never, night shift, navy, knuckle, notion, number, nettle, nearer, nacho, napkins, needle, nightgown, neighbor, nephew, nervous, Nickel, ninety, noisy, noodles, Nostril, nugget, nuzzle, nipple, nectar, Neptune

Three or more syllable words:

• ninety-five, ninety-three, navigator, nursery, non-living, ninety-four, ninety-eight, Nigeria, newspaper, ninety-two, non-slip shower mat, New Mexico, mallet nail, neighborhood, needle-nose pliers, ninety-one, ninety-nine, chicken nugget, cashew nut, night vision, nutcracker, optic nerve, napping lion, November, nutrition, nutritious, needlefish, ninety-seven, ninety-six, non-verbal, nasal cavity, hunting knife, national, knife sharpener, phone number, cardinal number, natural number, natural number, rational number, irrational number, natural, nectarine, negative, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, nightingale, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nucleus, nuclei, Nunavut, spoke nipple, nibbling, neurosurgeon, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina

Words with the /n/ sound in the middle

One syllable words:

• snake, bench, French, drench, stench, tench, wrench, snare, ants, pants, plants, ant, aunt, can’t, plant, font, want, pont, taunt, haunt, snore, bound, ground, found, sound, round, pound, browned, hound, drowned, crowned, mound, wound, change, range, strange, snack, snag, band, bland, brand, gland, grand, hand, land, sand, stand, strand, tanned, snap, sneak, jeans, beans, snub, bind, blind, find, fined, grind, kind, hind, lined, mind, mined, rind, wind, snow, bend, blend, end, fend, lend, mend, send, tend, trend, wend, spend, friend, bent, cent, dent, lent, meant, pent, rent, scent, sent, spent, tent, trent, vent, went, snob, blonde, blond, bond, fond, frond, pond, wand, snail, snuff, bounce, flounce, ounce, pounce, snout, branch, blanch, ranch, sneeze, snooze, snug, brunch, crunch, hunch, lunch, punch, scrunch, fins, twins, snip, sniff, snoop, count, mount, doesn’t, dance, chance, France, glance, lance, prance, stance, trance, fence, dense, sense, tense, snipe, joint, Faint, paint, saint, font, Front, hunt, grunt, blunt, fund, stunned, flint, lint, glint, hint, splint, sprint, print, inch, chinch, cinch, clinch, finch, flinch, pinch, lynch, winch, month, prince, mince, quince, rinse, since, Loonie, Toonie, sconce, sponge, plunge, hinge, pens, tens

Two syllable words:

• pancake, snowflake, French horn, Hornet, launch pad, pipe wrench, workbench, insult, consult, footnote, raincoat, fringe hair, blond hair, sadness, gladness, madness, blackness, flatness, slackness, vastness, concealed, cornfield, windshield, contain, transport, gendarme, sunblock, concert, invert, insert, turnpike, handball, snowball, paintball, rainfall, install, snap pea, hands free, rhinestone, brunette, lunette, sunset, cornet, uncoil, against, Angel, eggplant, implant, croissant, savant, storefront, Vermont, snoozing, sneezing, dinking, dancing, cleaning, bouncing, frowning, evening, ending, warning, spinning, sniffing, running, pointing, planting, morning, landing, snipping, front door, ignore, use (noun), science, benchmark, landmark, monarch, swans weep, around, abound, astound, background, campground, compound, confound, earthbound, eastbound, greyhound, homebound, playground, profound, rebound, resound, surround, unbound, foxhound, arrange, exchange, paint tray, convey, Monday, runway, Sunday, Wednesday, android, snapshot, frontier, picnic, soundtrack, concord, barnyard, front yard, canard, increase, handbag, sandbag, balance, installed, suntan, paint can, snowman, paint pan, Anna, Santa, wash hand, shake hand, right hand, left hand, forehand, quicksand, newsstand, headband, Nightstand, bandage, quinoa, snowshoe, canoe, undo, input, basement, placement, sunbathe, minute, lunchroom, antique, unique, nineteen, canteen, lunchtime, enzyme, behind, sunbelt, banjo, rainbow, amend, attend, boyfriend, descend, girlfriend, weekend, pretend, farm friend, beneath, accent, cement, content, descent, event, invent, torment, unbent, consent, frequent, present, repent, segment, inside, lingual, windmill, downhill, landfill, until, unfold, snowbird, sunlight, ignite, midnight, moonlight, snakebite, tonight, invite, currant, blender, bender, gender, fender, lender, slender, render, sender, spender, splendor, tender, vendor, corncob, beyond, respond, bloodhound, toenail, blueprints, handcuff, enough, greenwood, oneself, announce, renounce, downspout, snowplow, sandbox, lunch box, enjoy, handsaw, chainsaw, concave, engrave, Chinese, downtown, pronoun, brownie, townie, paintbrush, unplug, spoonful, hound dog, groundhog, grandson, fruit punch, bunny, funny, honey, money, runny, sunny, concern, sunburn, raindrop, raindrops, sponge mop, sand crab, candle, handle, sandal, scandal, surname, Candy, bandy, brandy, dandy, handy, randy, sandy, Canine, sunshine, online, hand soap, French fries, downsize, Center, enter, renter, channel, panel, flannel, enlarge, undress, grandchild, wind chimes, enzymes, chimney, pansy, tansy, friendship, engram, clinic, cynic, doughnut, chestnut, uncut, walnut, donut, enjoin, genome, syndrome, contrast, corner, account, amount, discount, recount, country, handset, crescent, Crunchy, bunchy, corn grains, unjust, uncurl, Current, weren’t, conserve, advance, expanse, finance, romance, dancer, answer, cancer, lancer, Corn-Flakes, Defense, incense, condense, expense, immense, intense, offense, dentist, diamond, sniper, concise, Dinner, inner, sinner, spinner, thinner, winner, splinter, sprinter, winter, printer, pointed, distance, handcraft, gunwale, drainpipe, unripe, durian, funnel, tunnel, cornmeal, genteel, pinwheel, insect, connect, inject, England, Finland, entrance, shipment, Ernie, journey, checkpoint, hip joint, complaint, oil paint, repaint, finish, flounder, founder, fountain, mountain, fragment, French toast, affront, refund, rotund, concur, transfer, montage, Kenya, garnet, genie, teeny, genre, antic, panic, ginger, injure, grandma, parents, gymnast, censor, sensor, tensor, harness, handprint, footprint, reprint, blueprint, snappy, topnotch, penknife, husband, hydrant, into, onto, fauna, sauna, goldfinch, inchworm, index, infant, almond, Island, sandwich, Kleenex, lantern, laundry, lioness, minus, sinus, sneaker, boney, crony, phony, tony, magnet, Many, any, penny, plenty, twenty, napkins, annex, ninety, inverse, thousand, onion, orange, panda, panther, patience, pencil, tensile, pheasant, piquant, planet, granite, plantain, canton, planer, strainer, trainer, rainstorm, snowstorm, sandstorm, plunger, parsnip, gander, candor, panties, convince, princess, sweatband, rainy, brainy, grainy, zany, response, rhino, rodent, induced, unsafe, sandcastle, second, unsheathe, sentence, liner, diner, finer, miner, minor, shiner, signer, whiner, signal, silence, snorkel, snowdrop, involve, sonar, spinach, condemn, stranger, changer, danger, ranger, student, prudent, schooner, lunar, tuner, sundae, syringe, tennis, tiny, shiny, spiny, whiny, winey, Kansas, turnip, under, wonder, thunder, plunder, blunder, sunder, windsurf, zoom lens, China, Venus, peanut

Three or more syllable words:

• in front of, invasion, rattlesnake, Cobra Snake, unicorn, conjuncture, ironclad, adjustable wrench, socket wrench, monkey wrench, TV-bench, aerial antenna, antenna, lemonade, underwear, millionaire, anywhere, hurricane, tennis court, snowmobile, underarm, analog clock, different sock, undershirt, twenty-five, seventy-five, ninety-five, tennis ball, Tennessee, twenty-three, seventy-three, ninety-three, undersea, translator, alternator, generator, ventilator, all-purpose cleaner, vacuum cleaner, tub and tile cleaner, tub and tile cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner, glass cleaner, centimeter, potentiometer, unbeliever, sharpening stone, pinecone, clarinet, internet, marionette, vanity set, aluminum foil, mayonnaise, ambulance, Amnesia, Tunisia, Indonesia, archangel, animal, anniversary, houseplant, restaurant, commandant, anything, answering, canoeing, beginning, snorkeling, non-living, listening, apartment, compartment, department, pineapple, seventy-four, ninety-four, twenty-four, dinosaur, carnivore, appliance, compliance, defiance, planetarium, arena, hyena, Argentina, ballerina, Arizona, corona, persona, Barcelona, underground, ultrasound, interchange, rearrange, valentine's Day, astronaut, chimney pot, cosmonaut, twenty-eight, seventy-eight, ninety-eight, procrastinate, engineer, souvenir, volunteer, pioneer, Chandelier, contraction, transaction, audience, candle stick, ironing board, badminton, punching bag, sandpaper, imbalance, balcony, afternoon, banana, bandana, cabana, Montana, Louisiana, magenta, Condiments, Cinnamon, bandura, handlebar, candy bar, twenty-two, seventy-two, ninety-two, twenty-two, honeydew, tennis shoe, peony, laundry basket, winter hat, non-slip shower mat, frontal lobe, pentagon, bay window, dormer window, casement window, casement window, broken window, candela, once a week, seventeen, tangerine, jellybeans, commando, indigo, tornado, oregano, underneath, president, cranberry, January, dictionary, itinerary, imaginary, involuntary, winter cherry, veterinary, canary, Surinam cherry, monastery, guinea pig, monolingual, binoculars, dynamite, Fahrenheit, transmitter, blackcurrant, calendar, offender, surrender, transistor, gingerbread house, ponytail, fingernail, Fahrenheit scale, ginger ale, understood, bottle opener, can opener, roadrunner, mispronounce, boundary, dragonfly, magnify, remote control, equinox, Illinois, sister-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, Arkansas, enable, roundtable, unable, avalanche, parentheses, bronze medal, another, grandmother, lightning bug, bull-nose pliers, needle-nose pliers, snips pliers, insulin pump, twenty-one, seventy-one, ninety-one, anyone, mountaintop, foundation, plantation, animation, conversation, inflation, transportation, renovation, peanut butter, canister, window frame, enamel, Canadian, finish line, twenty-nine, thirty-nine, forty-nine, fifty-nine, sixty-nine, seventy-nine, eighty-nine, ninety-nine, valentine, Clementine, Cantaloupe, endoscope, antelope, envelope, laundry soap, hypnotize, cleaning supplies, carpenter, inherit, painkiller, Chinese food, longitude, sunflower, century, solar panel, grandchildren, oftentimes, chimpanzee, mandolin, ownership, pantyhose, chrysanthemum, encircle, senior citizen, anagram, cleaning cloth, coconut, hazelnut, tenderloin, colander, sand dollar, incision, honeycomb, conclusion, confusion, contusion, inclusion, infusion, transfusion, coronary occlusion, minimum, condominium, confident, conjunction, connection, connection, injection, inspection, intersection, cardinal direction, consonant, consequence, inconsequence, continent, continue, discontinue, minuscule, bank account, cross-country, cranium, titanium, uranium, fluorescent, adolescent, effervescent, incandescent, criminal, Bunch of grapes, concurrent, recurrent, ocean current, uncertain, cylinder, dandelion, mountain lion, All-Bran-Flakes, Raisin-Bran, dangerous, underwater, granddaughter, recompense, Definition, ignition, technician, fountain pen, Adventist, ineffective, analysis, kidney machine, windshield wiper, Different, indifferent, beginner, paint thinner, paint thinner, Disappointed, appointed, tuna fish, disinfectant wipes, assistance, resistance, document, door knocker, genotype, centurion, hot glockenspiel, intersect, fantastic, enthusiastic, gymnastic, elephant, twenty-seven, seventy-seven, ninety-seven, embarrassment, emergency, urgency, energy, enormous, envelop, unequal, equipment, excitement, indictment, exclamation point, experiment, sunglasses, Fahrenheit, finger-paint, roller paint, grandfather, feminine, filament, index finger, diminish, twenty-six, seventy-six, ninety-six, Fondue Forks, rainforest, endeavor, manufacture, antiperspirant, water front, furniture, honey melon, garbanzo, gardener, gardenia, magnifying glass, general, bikini, linguine, martini, fettuccine, spaghettini, tortellini, zucchini, capellini, non-verbal, gigantic, Atlantic, romantic, botanic, mechanic, organic, volcanic, titanic, oceanic, monolith, chinchilla, vanilla, grandparents, grand piano, grand piano, piano, soprano, phantom limb, synonym, hand soap dispenser, hand soap dispenser, hand towel, snowy owl, fingerprint, peppermint, harmonica, hyacinth, labyrinth, unhealthy, horizontal, periodontal, centrifuge, hunting knife, identical, tentacle, marijuana, iguana, incisor, Indian, Indifference, difference, international, national, rational, irrational, introduction, construction, instruction, Ireland, Rhode Island, Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island, jack-o' lantern, janitor, journalist, chestnut kernel, chestnut kernel, handwritten, knife sharpener, sharpener, linoleum, Antarctic ocean, Atlantic ocean, Indian ocean, cardinal number, rational number, irrational number, macaroni, baloney, cow pony, pepperoni, rigatoni, testimony, magnify, minority, magnolia, mandarin, Manitoba, menorah, Pandora, mineral, minister, administer, hand-mixer, moccasins, controller, tsunami, unicycle, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, and so forth, back and forth, Nunavut, universe, unsolder, one hundred, two hundred, Ontario, ornaments, Amanda, propaganda, Uganda, veranda, utensil, perpendicular, pomegranate, plastic container, complainer, tea strainer, storage container, thunderstorm, uniform, power sander, salamander, coriander, commander, principal, principle, mechanism, organism, senility, contractor, provinces, confession, residence, rhinoceros, introduced, stainless steel scrubber, inhaler, unsalted, scientist, seventy, gunfire, snowboarder, confetti, antiviral, vanadium, storage cabinet, Glass-door-cabinet, cabinet, imprudent, harpooner, table tennis, tarantula, teenager, tentacle, roundabout, sunshiny, California, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, transformer, informer, integrated circuit, university, ventriloquist, veterinarian, vinegar, gondola, violinist, volcano, washing-up liquid, wilderness, yard measurement, zinnia, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, inductor, conductor, constructor, instructor, Uranus, irritant

Words with the /n/ sound at the end

One syllable words:

• born, corn, horn, mourn, thorn, warn, worn, sworn, torn, bane, brain, chain, crane, drain, feign, gain, grain, lane, mane, pain, rain, plane, plain, rein, sane, slain, Spain, vain, vein, train, sprain, cane, pane, Maine, bone, clone, cone, drone, groan, loan, phone, prone, stone, throne, tone, zone, boon, croon, dune, goon, june, loon, moon, noon, spoon, soon, rune, tune, strewn, swoon, dune, June, moon, noon, prune, rune, spoon, tune, ban, Ann, can, clan, fan, flan, man, pan, plan, ran, san, tan, van, than, barn, yarn, harn, bon, con, non, on, swan, drawn, gone, lawn, pawn, yawn, prawn, dawn, fawn, bean, clean, dean, green, jean, keen, lean, mean, mien, queen, scene, screen, seen, spleen, teen, gene, sheen, brown, clown, crown, down, drown, frown, noun, town, gown, bun, done, dun, fun, gun, none, nun, one, run, pun, spun, shun, son, stun, sun, ton, won, burn, turn, stern, learn, earn, fern, yearn, urn, brine, dine, fine, line, mine, nine, pine, shine, shrine, sign, spine, sine, swine, tine, trine, twine, vine, wine, chin, bin, tin, din, fin, gin, grin, in, inn, kin, min, pin, shin, sin, skin, spin, thin, twin, win, Lynn, coin, join, groin, loin, den, Ben, fen, hen, then, ken, men, pen, ten, when

Two syllable words:

• Asian, acorn, newborn, popcorn, long horn, fog horn, torn in, torn in, airborne, firstborn, French horn, brown sauce, bun hair, airplane, key chain, seaplane, restrain, butane, champagne, contain, complain, domain, explain, food chain, town hall, alone, wishbone, trombone, thighbone, cyclone, headphone, earphone, cell phone, rhinestone, apron, aspirin, fraction, action, traction, chain guard, bin bag, ballon, gallon, talon, Alan, balloon, baboon, cocoon, cartoon, lagoon, maroon, raccoon, teaspoon, suntan, batman, milkman, saucepan, trash can, paint can, snowman, jazzman, frogman, paint pan, Grill Pan, dustpan, less than, cyan, fireman, Cumin, sun hat, pan flute, baton, argon, axon, crayon, nylon, pion, upon, Yukon, coupon, beacon, deacon, weaken, caffeine, cuisine, hygiene, marine, routine, sardine, vaccine, between, baleen, wide screen, string bean, green bean, green bean, blue jean, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, nineteen, canteen, skin test, bison, ribbon, gibbon, phone booth, broken, spoken, token, downtown, pronoun, sirloin, spray gun, glue gun, no one, fast run, grandson, home run, stepson, take turn, return, concern, discern, heartburn, sunburn, nation, station, button, mutton, Sutton, glutton, urn lamp, Canine, time line, recline, hairline, goal line, combine, sunshine, grapevine, airline, design, feline, goldmine, online, pipeline, skyline, green soap, chicken, sicken, stricken, thicken, children, begin, kingpin, within, sheepskin, adjoin, enjoin, rejoin, vision, fusion, function, flexion, section, cotton, gotten, rotten, cousin, dozen, crimson, corn grains, curtain, certain, cushion, lion, ion, scion, mission, again, playpen, amen, pan pipes, dolphin, dragon, wagon, organ, heaven, seven, even, fountain, mountain, felon, Helen, garden, pardon, scallion, stallion, icon, suction, Iron, kitchen, kitten, bitten, written, piton, mitten, lantern, lemon, lesion, listen, frisson, main road, lotion, motion, notion, ocean, potion, Marten, carton, mason, muffin, rain check, nightgown, billion, million, onion, open, option, oven, coven, pattern, Saturn, penguin, women, pigeon, plantain, canton, prison, pumpkin, python, question, session, cession, seine, raisin, blazon, raven, robin, bobbin, roman, bowman, showman, ruin, season, reason, treason, beckon, reckon, siren, surgeon, sturgeon, swollen, colon, stolen, urban, turban, weapon, woman, Neptune

Three or more syllable words:

• oven glove, in front of, Abrasion, evasion, invasion, Caucasian, equation, Accordion, unicorn, Capricorn, party horn, golden hair, auburn hair, Allen key, TV, xylophone, telephone, saxophone, microphone, Yellowstone, sharpening stone, precious stone, pinecone, American, question mark, quotation mark, oxygen mask, attraction, subtraction, contraction, reaction, transaction, badminton, hot air balloon, afternoon, tablespoon, garbage can, fisherman, frying pan, greater than, policeman, Tarragon, Cinnamon, machine screw, town with map, passion fruit, dragon fruit, hexagon, amazon, epsilon, octagon, pentagon, marathon, thereupon, Oregon, broken window, Mohican, seventeen, submarine, magazine, tambourine, tangerine, trampoline, Vaseline, wolverine, lion cub, golden egg, myelin sheath, blue ribbon, machine bolt, can opener, parmesan cheese, heartbroken, insulin pump, twenty-one, thirty-one, forty-one, fifty-one, sixty-one, seventy-one, eighty-one, ninety-one, anyone, everyone, bus station, rotation, citation, creation, foundation, migration, plantation, salvation, sedation, starvation, vacation, vibration, amputation, animation, train station, train station, subway station, police station, metro station, gas station, fire station, calculation, celebration, conversation, duration, dictation, formation, inflation, transportation, respiration, renovation, relaxation, occupation, multiplication, medication, location, graduation, Canadian, finish line, twenty-nine, thirty-nine, forty-nine, fifty-nine, sixty-nine, seventy-nine, eighty-nine, ninety-nine, valentine, Clementine, cardigan, champion, chicken nugget, grandchildren, double chin, violin, mandolin, rolling pin, horizon, garden hose, citizen, senior citizen, clothespin, tenderloin, collision, decision, incision, division, night vision, precision, cell division, television, conclusion, allusion, collusion, confusion, contusion, delusion, diffusion, exclusion, illusion, inclusion, infusion, occlusion, transfusion, optical illusion, coronary occlusion, conjunction, connection, collection, connection, correction, detection, ejection, injection, inspection, selection, intersection, cardinal direction, reflection, election, garden fork, forgotten, ocean current, uncertain, shower curtain, dandelion, Hawaiian, mountain lion, mountain lion, see lion, napping lion, Raisin-Bran, Definition, addition, admission, emission, ignition, magician, nutrition, musician, optician, petition, physician, position, technician, tuition, deglutition, demolition, exhibition, electrician, gen, fountain pen, fountain pen, Dialysis Machine, washing machine, kidney machine, centurion, electric organ, eleven, twenty-seven, thirty-seven, forty-seven, fifty-seven, sixty-seven, seventy-seven, eighty-seven, ninety-seven, European, Korean, Caribbean, exclamation point, explosion, corrosion, erosion, implosion, feminine, lemon squeezer, observation post, gala melon, watermelon, honey melon, medallion, kitchen towel, Indian, introduction, abduction, construction, deduction, instruction, soldering iron, jack-o' lantern, handwritten, lawn mower, adhesion, cohesion, log cabin, emotion, promotion, arctic ocean, Antarctic ocean, Atlantic ocean, Indian ocean, Indian ocean, pacific ocean, phone number, mandarin, margarine, masculine, medicine, nectarine, one trillion, one trillion, pavilion, adoption, pelican, persimmon, religion, pollution, solution, evolution, execution, revolution, aggression, confession, profession, facial expression, abdomen, Saskatchewan, scorpion, skeleton, gelatin, in order, neurosurgeon, toboggan, suburban, veteran, veterinarian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, clarion, vitamin, policewoman, zeppelin, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin