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'''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

...ing [[phoneme]]s. There are four tones in Mandarin, so the following are [[minimal pair]]s: 妈 ''mā'' (high-level tone, 'ma' as in 'mama'), 麻 ''má'' (high-ris

...ited in the song "'''Begín the Beguìne'''", where they are featured in a [[minimal pair]]. (Th -'''ine''' ending can also be -'''îne''': '''fîne, dîne, undermî

The following [[minimal pair|minimal pairs]] differ only in the presence ('''ã''') or absence ('''é'''

'''êast''' rhymes and makes a [[minimal pair]] with '''cêased

-zle, cf. '''tòwel''', [[minimal pair]]: '''tòusle '''repãir''' makes a minimal pair with '''prepãre

* [[Minimal pair]]

...{{IPA|/l/}} (written 'љ') may also occur before non-front vowels. Hence [[minimal pair]]s like бела {{IPA|/beła/}} "white, [[feminine gender|feminine]]" vs �