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'''a mòther''', two words, makes a [[minimal pair]] with one word '''anòther [[minimal pair]]: '''ẁarrior''' cf. '''wòrrier

'''dâhlia''' cf. '''Dêlia''' ([[minimal pair]]) '''dëarth''' cf. '''dïrt''' ([[minimal pair]])

'''lédger''' makes a minimal pair with BrE '''léisure''' '''lêes''' ''dregs'', cf. '''lêase''' ''contract'', unvoiced '''s''': [[minimal pair]]

'''Wídnes''' makes a [[minimal pair]] with '''wítness '''wîred''' makes a [[minimal pair]] with '''wêird

'''[[Brigitte Bardot|Bardôt]]''' *Bardô makes a [[minimal pair]] with '''Bordeaux '''[[Count Basie|Bâsie]]''' -ss- cf. '''[[Shirley Bassey|Bássey]]''' ([[minimal pair]])

...''preposition'' usually [[schwa]] (in [[British English]], *fə, making a [[minimal pair]] with unstressed '''the'''); stressed = '''fŏur''' ''4'', '''fŏre''' ''f '''Freud''' *Frǒyd, making a minimal pair with '''Flŏyd'''

'''rábble''' makes a [[minimal pair]] with '''rébel''' '''râdàr''' cf. '''râider''' ([[minimal pair]])

'''lúck''' and '''loòk''' are normally a [[minimal pair]]—though they are pronounced the same in demotic speech in Northern Engla ...urney, jöurnal, adjöurn, cöurteous, cöurtesy''' ''politeness'' (making a [[minimal pair]] with '''cürtsey''' ''bow''), '''scöurge''' and '''Lúxemböurg'''.

'''pálace''' makes a minimal pair with '''Páris''' '''pêach''' makes a minimal pair with '''pítch'''

'''nèighbour''' BrE; AmE '''nèighbor''' *nâber, rhymes (and makes [[minimal pair]]s) with '''lâbour'''/'''lâbor''', '''sâbre'''/'''sâber''', '''tâbor' '''Nîger''' ''delta, river'' *Nîjə(r), [[minimal pair]] with '''Nîgel'''

'''mántle''', cf. '''méntal''' ([[minimal pair]]) ...àrshal''' ''persons'' = '''màrtial''' ''war'' = '''Màrtial''' ''poet'', [[minimal pair]] with '''Màrtian'''

...ddition, word pairs such as "bat/mat" or "mat/mad" in English are called [[minimal pair]]s, because they are only distinguished by one phoneme.

'''káppa''' forms a [[minimal pair]] with '''cúppa

'''Cãrey''' = '''Cãry''', cf. '''Kérry''' ([[minimal pair]]); '''Cãrrey''' is an irregular variant, as normally '''á''' before '''r '''cartoôn''' cf. '''Khartoûm''', [[minimal pair]]: '''n''' and '''m''' only different sounds

[[minimal pair]]: cf. '''shékels''': '''sháckles [[minimal pair]]: '''êasels''' rhymes with '''mêasles

'''accépt''' ''receive'' əx-, cf. '''excépt''' ''exception'' íx- ([[minimal pair]]) '''áccess''' ''noun'' *áxéss, cf. '''áxis''' centre ([[minimal pair]]), '''áxes''' ''axe'' *axiz

'''scêne''' ''vista'' = '''sêen''' ''see'', making [[minimal pair]]s with '''sîgn''' = '''sîne''' '''sërvíce''' *sërvíss, cf. '''sürface''', -físs, [[minimal pair]], only one sound different

...d the contrast between /p/ and /b/ as ''phonemic'' - the two words are a ''minimal pair'' differing by only one phoneme. In ''pin'' and ''spin'', on the other hand

[[minimal pair]] but not as appears: '''thŷ''' (possessive of ''thou'') has voiced '''th' [[minimal pair]]: '''vólley''' rhymes with '''fólly

'''Champâgne''' makes a [[minimal pair]] with '''campâign '''gàrden''' makes a [[minimal pair]] with '''Gŏrdon