Minimal Pair List Consonants /d/ versus /v/, 303 pairs
The spelling of /d/ in this list is <d> or <dd>. The /v/ sound is spelled <v>. Notice how the homograph read makes pairs with reeve and rev , and the place name Reading makes a pair with revving .
The contrast is between a plosive and a fricative, both voiced but well separated in the mouth. It is not a problem for learners.
Taboo word pairs include peed/peeve .
48 of the contrasts arise between a past tense ending and an -ive adjective-forming derivation, such as instructed/instructive . The program identified the contracted-form pairs we'd/we've etc, but I have left these out for the sake of consistency. Other interesting pairs include:
dandle vandal
Denis Venice
dicker vicar
discus viscous
fortified forty-five
haddock havoc
hardest harvest
moody movie
radish ravish
The mean density value is 2.4%. The list makes 193 semantic distinctions, a loading of 65%.
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