Minimal Pairs

πŸ”€ Minimal Pairs List

βœ… 1. Vowel Sounds

/Ιͺ/ vs. /iː/

  • ship – sheep

  • bit – beat

  • live – leave

  • sit – seat

  • slip – sleep

  • fill – feel

  • grin – green

  • chick – cheek

/æ/ vs. /ʌ/

  • bat – but

  • cap – cup

  • back – buck

  • tap – tup

  • cash – cuss

  • mad – mud

  • sack – suck

/Γ¦/ vs. /e/

  • man – men

  • bad – bed

  • pan – pen

  • pat – pet

  • sat – set

/ʊ/ vs. /uː/

  • full – fool

  • pull – pool

  • could – cooled

  • look – Luke

  • good – food

/ɑː/ vs. /ʌ/

  • cart – cut

  • heart – hut

  • palm – pump

  • start – stunt

βœ… 2. Consonant Sounds

/b/ vs. /v/

  • bat – vat

  • berry – very

  • base – vase

  • ban – van

  • bent – vent

/p/ vs. /b/

  • pat – bat

  • pin – bin

  • pack – back

  • pill – bill

  • pan – ban

/s/ vs. /Κƒ/

  • sip – ship

  • sue – shoe

  • seat – sheet

  • sack – shack

  • sell – shell

/t/ vs. /d/

  • tie – die

  • tin – din

  • toe – doe

  • tool – duel

  • taught – dot

/ΞΈ/ vs. /s/

  • thin – sin

  • thank – sank

  • thought – sought

  • path – pass