Minimal Pair List Consonants /f/ versus /l/, 345 pairs
The /f/ sound is spelled with <ff> or <gh> as in rough . The /l/ sound is spelled <ng> or <ngue> in tongue .
The contrast is between a voiceless labio-dental fricative and a voiced lateral continuant. It is not a problem.
Taboo word pairs include fuck/luck and fucks/luxe .
Interesting pairs include:
curfew curlew
feather leather
femur lemur
ferment lament
focal local
focused locust
scoffer scholar
sphinx slinks
staffing starling
wafer whaler
The mean density value is 2%. The list makes 188 semantic distinctions, a loading of 54%.
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