/ɔ/ VS /oʊ/
| /ɔ/ | /oʊ/ |
|---|
| law | low |
| maw | mow |
| walk | woke |
| bought | boat |
| caught | coat |
| nought | note |
| ball | bole |
| fall | foal |
| hall | hole |
| on | own |
| lawn | lone |
/i/ VS /ɪ/
| /i/ | /ɪ/ |
|---|
| bead | bid |
| beef | biff |
| bean | been |
| beat | bit |
| cheek | chick |
| cheap | chip |
| deep | dip |
| eat | it |
| feel | fill |
| feat | fit |
| he’d | hid |
| he’ll | hill |
| heap | hip |
| heat | hit |
| he’s | his |
| leak | lick |
| leap | lip |
| leave | live |
| meal | mil |
| neat | knit |
| peace | piss |
| peat | pit |
| reach | rich |
| read | rid |
| scene | sin |
| seep | sip |
| seat | sit |
| seek | sick |
| sheep | ship |
| sheet | shit |
| sleep | slip |
| steal | still |
| teen | tin |
| weak | wick |
| weep | whip |
| wheel | will |
| beach | bitch |
/ɑ/ VS /ɔ/
| /ɑ/ | /ɔ/ |
|---|
| stock | stalk |
| body | bawdy |
| cot | caught |
| sot | sought |
| not | nought |
| odd | awed |
| tot | taught |
| collar | caller |
| rot | wrought |
| sod | sawed |
| box | balks |
/æ/ vs /ʌ/
| /æ/ | /ʌ/ |
|---|
| bat | but |
| batter | butter |
| cap | cup |
| cat | cut |
| match | much |
| bad | bud |
| hat | hut |
| back | buck |
| badge | budge |
| bag | bug |
| brash | brush |
| crash | crush |
| dabble | double |
| dad | dud |
| mad | mud |
| massed | must |
| rash | rush |
| sack | suck |
| sax | sucks |
| track | truck |
Before m, n
| /æ/ | /ʌ/ |
|---|
| ban | bun |
| bank | bunk |
| ham | hum |
| hang | hung |
| rang | rung |
| stand | stunned |
| pan | pun |
| began | begun |
| drank | drunk |
| fan | fun |
| ran | run |
| sang | sung |
| swam | swum |
| ankle | uncle |
| banker | bunker |
| cam | come |
/æ/ vs /ɛ/
| /æ/ | /ɛ/ |
|---|
| bag | beg |
| bat | bet |
| sat | set |
| mat | met |
| cattle | kettle |
| track | trek |
Before /n,m/
| /æ/ | /ɛ/ |
|---|
| man | men |
| than | then |
| can | ken |
| sand | send |
| pan | pen |
| ham | hem |
| tan | ten |
| fan | fen |
/ʌ/ VS /ɑ/
| /ʌ/ | /ɑ/ |
|---|
| color | collar |
| cup | cop |
| hut | hot |
| nut | not |
| cut | cot |
| gut | got |
| shut | shot |
| suck | sock |
| cluck | clock |
| come | calm |
| stuck | stock |
| luck | lock |
| wonder | wander |
| some | psalm |
| what | watt |
/ʊ/ vs /u/