Minimal Pairs
A minimal pair is a pair of words which differ only in one sound.
| æ | ʌ |
| cat | cut |
| ankle | uncle |
| ran | run |
| drank | drunk |
| match | much |
| ɜ: | ɔ: |
| work | walk |
| bird | bored |
| fur | for |
| shirt | short |
| sir | saw |
| ʃ | s |
| ship | sip |
| she | sea |
| sure | sore |
| shoot | suit |
| shy | sigh |
| t | θ |
| tin | thin |
| true | through |
| tree | three |
| taught | thought |
| boat | both |
| r | l |
| fry | fly |
| right | light |
| grammar | glamour |
| wrong | long |
| wrist | list |
| v | b |
| vote | boat |
| very | berry |
| van | ban |
| vest | best |
| vet | bet |
| ɪ | i: |
| ship | sheep |
| it | eat |
| hit | heat |
| bin | bean |
| live | leave |
| æ | eɪ |
| hat | hate |
| mad | made |
| lack | lake |
| back | bake |
| cap | cape |
| s | z |
| sip | zip |
| sue | zoo |
| place | plays |
| rice | rise |
| ice | eyes |
| s | θ |
| sin | thin |
| sum | thumb |
| sank | thank |
| sink | think |
| saw | thaw |
| ŋk | ŋ |
| think | thing |
| sank | sang |
| bank | bang |
| rink | ring |
| sunk | sung |
| p | b |
| pin | bin |
| pest | best |
| pig | big |
| pit | bit |
| poured | bored |
| æ | e |
| bat | bet |
| dad | dead |
| pack | peck |
| sad | said |
| tan | ten |
| ɑ: | ɔ: |
| far | four |
| tart | taught |
| part | port |
| farm | form |
| barn | born |
| ʃ | tʃ |
| shoes | choose |
| sheep | cheap |
| wash | watch |
| mash | match |
| cash | catch |
| d | ð |
| doze | those |
| day | they |
| dare | there |
| den | then |
| dough | though |
| w | v |
| wine | vine |
| west | vest |
| while | vile |
| wet | vet |
| wary | vary |
| p | f |
| poor | four |
| pair | fair |
| pine | fine |
| pill | fill |
| please | fleas |
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