What is Final Consonant Deletion?

Final Consonant Deletion (FCD), also called Deletion of Final Consonants or Postvocalic Consonant Omission, is a phonological process typically lasting up to the age of 3 years.  FCD occurs when the consonant sound or cluster in the final position is left off from the child’s syllables, leaving only a vowel at the end of the syllable. This may occur in one or multiple-syllable words, and will effect all syllables of the word.

Examples:

• bats = bah

• frog = frah

• toothache = too-ay

• teamwork = tee-wor

• basketball = bah-keh-bah