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Pronunciation

Minimal pairs

/ i: /

/ ɪ /
beach
bitch
bead
bid
bean
bin
beat
bit
breaches
britches
cheap
chip
cheat
chit
cheek
chick
deal
dill
dean
din
deed
did
deem
dim
deep
dip
each
itch
eat
it
ease
is
eel
ill
feast
fist
feel
fill
fees
fizz
feet
fit
fleet
flit
gene
gin
greased
grist
greed
grid
green
grin
greet
grit
heat
hit
heed
hid
heel
hill
heap
hip
jeep
gyp
keen
kin
keel
kill
keyed
kid
lead
lid
leafed
lift
leak
lick
lean
lynn
leap
lip
leased
list
leave
live
meal
mill
meat
mitt
neat
knit
peach
pitch
peak
pick
peat
pit
reach
rich
real
rill
reed
rid
seat
sit
seal
sill
scheme
skim
seek
sick
seen
sin
sheep
ship
skied
skid
sleep
slip
sleek
slick
sleet
slit
sneaker
snicker
spiel
spill
steal
still
team
tim
teen
tin
tweet
twit
veal
vill
wean
win
week
wick
wheat
wit

/ uʊ /

/ ɑ /
book
bock
boom
bomb
booze
boss
cook
cock
coop
cop
doom
dom
fool
fall
good
god
hood
hod
hoot
hot
look
lock
loop
lop
loot
lot
mood
mod
noon
non
pool
poll
poop
pop
rood
rod
root
rot
shoot
shot
soon
son
toot
tot

/ ʌ /

/ æ /
buck
back
bud
bad
bug
bag
bun
ban
bunk
bank
but
bat
cup
cap
cut
cat
drug
drag
dumb
dam
fun
fan
gun
gann
hum
ham
jump
jam
lump
lamp
mud
mad
mug
mag
mull
mall
muss
mass
mutt
mat
nub
nab
put
pat
rug
rag
run
ran
rush
rash
suck
sack
slush
slash
slut
slat
sum
sam
tub
tab
tug
tag
turn
tarn
tusk
task
yuck
yack

/ L /

/ R /
lack
rack
lag
rag
lamp
ramp
land
rand
lake
rake
lank
rank
lap
rap
laser
racer
lash
rash
late
rate
lay
ray
law
raw
lead
read
lent
rent
lie
rye
lift
rift
light
right
lime
rhyme
link
rink
lip
rip
load
road
loam
roam
lobe
robe
lock
rock
locker
rocker
look
rook
loom
room
loot
root
lot
rot
low
row
lower
rower
loyal
royal
lug
rug
lump
rump
lung
rung
lush
rush
lust
rust
lusty
rusty