Consonant Sound Minimal Pairs

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/p/ and /b/

/t/ and /d/

/k/ and /g/

/f/ and /v/

/ / and / /

/s/ and /z/

/ / and / /

/l/ and /r/

The /p/ Sound

The /b/ Sound

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Simple
Peach
Staple
Palate
Rope
Pie
Pack
Mop

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Symbol
Beach
Stable
Ballot
Robe
Buy
Back
Mob

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The /t/ Sound

The /d/ Sound

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Tile
Bright
Coat
Time
Tore
Write
Neat
Tie

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Dial
Bride
Code
Dime
Door
Ride
Need
Die

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The /k/ Sound

The /g/ Sound

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Frock
Duck
Cane
Class
Leak
Card
Coast
Cold

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Frog
Dug
Gain
Glass
League
Guard
Ghost
Gold

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The /f/ Sound

The /v/ Sound

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Fairy
Refuse
Surface
Half
Fault
Rifle
Life
Few

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Very
Reviews
Service
Have
Vault
Rival
Live
View

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The // Sound

The // Sound

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Bath
Cloth
Teeth
Thin
Mouth (n.)
Breath

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Bathe
Clothe
Teethe
Then
Mouth (v.)
Breathe

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The /s/ Sound

The /z/ Sound

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Deceased
Racing
Ice
Price
Seal
Sink
Spice
Niece

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Diseased
Raising
Eyes
Prize
Zeal
Zinc
Spies
Knees

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The // Sound

The // Sound

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Aleutian
Dilution
Asher
Hatians
Pressure

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Illussion
Delusion
Azure
Asians
Pleasure

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The // Sound

The // Sound

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Chain
Choking
Rich
Batch
Etching
Chin
Chills
March

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Jane
Joking
Ridge
Badge
Edging
Gin
Jill's
Marge

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The /l/ Sound

The /r/ Sound

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Lead
Lock
Daily
Collected
Pilot
Alive
Flight
Climb

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Red
Rock
Dairy
Corrected
Pirate
Arrive
Fright
Crime

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