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 | ||