English Explanatory Dictionary

minimal pair

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

minimal pair minimal pairs

Related words

near-minimal pair
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