/ʒ/, /ʤ/; /ʤ/, /z/ minimal pairs

 

/ʒ/, /ʤ/ minimal pairs 

Very few word pairs exist for the /ʒ/ and /ʤ/ distinction; 

lesion legion

version virgin

pleasure pledger

/ʃ/, tʃ/ minimal pairs 

shan't chant 

sheet cheat 

share chair 

sherry cherry 

shoe chew 

shat chat 

she's cheese 

shooed chewed 

shatter chatter 

shilling chilling 

shop chop 

sheaf chief 

shin chin 

shopper chopper 

shear cheer 

ship chip 

shore chore 

sheep cheap 

shit chit 

shuck chuck

shore chore

washer watcher

bash batch

Bosch botch

bush butch

cache catch

cash catch

chic cheek

crush crutch

dish ditch

hash hatch

hush hutch

lash latch

leash leach

leash leech

marsh march

mash match

racial Rachel

wash watch


/ʤ/, /z/ minimal pairs

/ʤ/ is an explosive sound that is the voiced version of /ʧ/. It is impossible to extend /ʤ/ for very long. /z/ is a smooth fricative sound that is the voiced version of /s/. /z/ can be extended as long as you like.

page pays

cage Ks

siege sees

stage stays

wage ways

barge bars

change chains

charge chars

forge fours

fridge frizz

Jew zoo

siege Cs

binge bins

rage raise

rage rays

siege seize

strange strains

tinge tins

budge buzz

fudge fuzz

gauge gaze

jest zest

jig zig

purge purrs

singe sins


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