minimal pairs "ee" and "i"

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Minimal Pairs: /i/ vs /ɪ/ /i/ /ɪ/ Beads Bids Beakers Bickers Beech /beach Bitch Beef Biff (a name) Bean Bin Bleep Blip Beat Bit Cheap Chip Deed Did Deal Dill Deem Dim Dean Din Deep Dip Eek Ick Eel Ill Eat It Feel Fill Fiend Finned Feast Fist Feet Fit Fees Fizz Heed/He’d Hid Heel /Heal Hill Heap Hip He’s His Jean /Gene Gin Jeep Jip Keyed Kid Keen Kin Lead Lid Leak / leek Lick Lean Lynn Leap Lip Leave Live Lee’s Liz

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A minimal pairs list I compiled for student practice.

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Page 1: Minimal pairs "ee" and "i"

Minimal Pairs: /i/ vs /ɪ/

/i/ /ɪ/Beads Bids

Beakers BickersBeech /beach Bitch

Beef Biff (a name)Bean BinBleep BlipBeat Bit

Cheap ChipDeed DidDeal Dill

Deem DimDean DinDeep DipEek IckEel IllEat ItFeel Fill

Fiend FinnedFeast FistFeet FitFees Fizz

Heed/He’d HidHeel /Heal Hill

Heap HipHe’s His

Jean /Gene GinJeep Jip

Keyed Kid

Keen KinLead Lid

Leak / leek LickLean Lynn

Leap LipLeave LiveLee’s LizMead MidMeek MickMean Min

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Kneel NilPeek PickPeel PillPeep Pip

Queen QuinQuease QuizReed RidReek RickReef RiffRegal WriggleReel Rill

Ream RimReap Rip

Reason RisenSeek Sick

Seal SillSeamer Simmer

Seen SinSeep SipSheep Ship

Sheet Shit

Sneakers Snickers

Steal StillTeal Till

Teem TimTeen Tin

Teepee Tippy

Tease TisWheel WillWean WinWeep Whip

Wheeze Whiz