Minimal Pairs

Minimal Pairs are sets of words that are identical but for one sound. Locate the sounds to be compared on the vowel or consonants grid. If any pairs exist for words with those two sounds, the grid will have a view link at the intersection. Click on the "view" link and you will be taken to the Pairs tab to view practice audio for those words.

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Consonants
Vowels
Pairs
Soundstop bstop tshort oshort ustop pstop dstop gstop kliquid rliquid lfricative th (voiced)fricative th (unvoiced)fricative zfricative sfricative vfricative faffricate chaffricate jnasal nnasal ngglide w
stop b    View        View       
stop t     View    ViewView         
short o   View                 
short u  View                  
stop pView                    
stop d View         View     View   
stop g       View           View 
stop k      View              
liquid r         View          View
liquid l        View           View
fricative th (voiced) View                   
fricative th (unvoiced) View   View       View       
fricative z             View       
fricative sView          ViewView        
fricative v               View     
fricative f              View      
affricate ch                 View   
affricate j     View          View    
nasal n                   View 
nasal ng      View           View  
glide w        ViewView