At what age should a child be able to say the R sound?

At what age should a child be able to say the R sound?

Many children can say a correct “R” sound by the time they are five and a half years old, but some do not produce it until they are seven years old. In general, if your child is not producing the “R” sound by the first grade, you should consult with a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP).

Why is the R sound so difficult?

Why Is Pronouncing /r/ So Hard? Because of the difficulty of producing them correctly and on command, /r/ sounds tend to develop relatively late in a child's speech development. These sounds are typically misarticulated throughout childhood, with mastery emerging close to seven years of age.

What’s it called when you can’t say your r?

In medical contexts, rhotacism (/ˈroʊtəsɪzəm/) is the inability to pronounce or difficulty in pronouncing r sounds. Speech pathologists call the condition de-rhotacism, or de-rhotacization, because the sounds lose their rhotic quality rather than becoming rhotic.