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In [[linguistics]], two words differing by only one unit of sound, or [[phoneme]], are called a '''minimal pair'''. Minimal pairs are widely used in language teaching. Examples are '''cat''' and '''mat''', '''fish''' and '''wish'''. Spelling can disguise the fact of a minimal pair: '''bane''' and '''boon''', '''league''' and '''leak''', '''do''' and '''two''' are all examples. | In [[linguistics]], two words differing by only one unit of sound, or [[phoneme]], are called a '''minimal pair'''. Minimal pairs are widely used in language teaching. Examples are '''cat''' and '''mat''', '''fish''' and '''wish'''. Spelling can disguise the fact of a minimal pair: '''bane''' and '''boon''', '''league''' and '''leak''', '''do''' and '''two''' are all examples. | ||
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In linguistics, two words differing by only one unit of sound, or phoneme, are called a minimal pair. Minimal pairs are widely used in language teaching. Examples are cat and mat, fish and wish. Spelling can disguise the fact of a minimal pair: bane and boon, league and leak, do and two are all examples.