L & R Minimal Pairs

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“l” and “r” Pronunciation airless heiress alight aright alive arrive ally awry aloe arrow aloes arrows applies apprise balling boring Barry bally beggarly beggary belated berated believe bereave believed bereaved believes bereaves believing bereaving belly bury bellied buried bellies buries bellying burying beneficially beneficiary bestially bestiary blacked bract blacken bracken blackish brackish blade braid blades braids blah bra blanch branch blanched branched blanches branches blanching branching bland brand blaze braise blazed braised blazes braises blazing braising blazon brazen blazoned brazened blazoning brazening blazons brazens bled bread blew brew blight bright blighter brighter blink brink blinks brinks climb crime climbed crimed climbing criming climbs crimes clipped crypt clique creak

bloke broke bloom broom blooms brooms blouse brows blouses browses blue brew blued brewed bluer brewer blues brews bluing brewing blunt brunt blush brush blushed brushed blushes brushes blushing brushing Brent blent Brest blessed calling coring cartload cartroad cartloads cartroads celebration cerebration clack crack clacked cracked clacking cracking clacks cracks clam cram clammed crammed clamming cramming clams crams clamour crammer clamours crammers clamp cramp clamped cramped clamping cramping clamps cramps clank crank clanked cranked clanking cranking clanks cranks clap crap clapped crapped clapping crapping claps craps clash crash clashed crashed clashes crashes clashing crashing clause crores clave crave clue crew clued crewed cluing crewing clues crews


cliques creaks cloak croak cloaked croaked cloaking croaking cloaks croaks clock crock clocked crocked clocking crocking clocks crocks clone crone clones crones close crows cloud crowd clouded crowded clouding crowding clouds crowds clown crown clowned crowned clowning crowning clowns crowns clucks crux clutch crutch clutches crutches collect correct collected corrected collecting correcting collection correction collections corrections collective corrective collects corrects collie corrie collies corries complies comprise Dawley dory dearie dearly Eileen Irene elect erect elected erected electing erecting election erection elections erections elects erects Elland errand Enamelling enamouring faerie fairly fallow farrow finally finery flagrant fragrant flail frail glassing grassing glassy grassy glaze grays glaze graze glazed grazed glazes grazes glazier grazier glaziers graziers

flame frame flamed framed flames frames flaming framing flanked franked flanking franking flawed fraud flay fray flayed frayed flaying fraying flays frays flea free fleas frees fleeing freeing flesh fresh fleshly freshly flier friar fliers friars flies fries flight fright flighted frighted flighting frighting flights frights flock frock flocks frocks floe fro floes froze flog frog flogs frogs flute fruit fluted fruited flutes fruits fluting fruiting fly fry flying frying Fran flan frank flank franks flanks Fred fled Frome flume functionally functionary gallantly gallantry galleys gharries galling goring Gary galley gently gentry Gerry jelly glade grade glades grades glamour grammar gland grand glass grass glassed grassed glasses grasses glassier grassier glassiest grassiest


glazing grazing glean green gleaner greener gleans greens glebes grebes glimmer grimmer gloat groat gloats groats gloom groom glooms grooms glow grow glowing growing glows grows glue grew Halle Harry hallow harrow hallowed harrowed hallowing harrowing hallows harrows haulier hoarier Helen Herren Helen heron hireling hiring holler horror hollers horrors Horley hoary implicate imprecate implicated imprecated implicates imprecates implicating imprecating implication imprecation implications imprecations jellies jerries keeling keyring la rah labelling labouring lace race laced raced laces races lacier racier laciest raciest lacing racing lacy racy lack rack lacked racked lead read leader reader leaders readers leadership readership leading reading leading Reading leaden redden leaf reef

lacking racking lacks racks lading raiding lag rag lagged ragged lagging ragging lags rags lair rare lake rake lakes rakes lamb ram lambed rammed lambing ramming lambs rams lamp ramp lamps ramps land rand lands rands lane rain lanes rains lank rank lap rap lapped rapped lapping rapping laps raps Larry rally laser raiser lasers raisers lat rat latch ratch latches ratches late rate lather rather latter ratter laud roared laughed raft laughter rafter lave rave laved raved laves raves laving raving lavish ravish lavished ravished lavishes ravishes lavishing ravishing law raw laws roars lay ray laying raying laze raise lazed raised lazes raises lazing raising leach reach leached reached leaches reaches leaching reaching


leafing reefing leafs reefs leaping reaping leer rear leered reared leering rearing leers rears left reft legally regally legion region legions regions Leigh re Len Rennes lend rend lender render lenders renders lending rending lends rends lens wrens lent rent lentil rental lentils rentals Les res lest rest let ret letting retting levelling revelling liar wrier Lib rib lice rice lick rick lie rye lies rise lieu rue life rife lift rift lifts rifts light-handed right-handed light right lighted righted lighter writer lighters writers lightest rightist lighting righting lightly rightly lights rights like Reich likes Reichs loom rheum loon rune loons runes loosed roost loot root looted rooted looting rooting loots roots lope rope

limb rim limbed rimmed limbs rims lime rhyme limed rhymed limes rhymes liming rhyming limning rimming line Rhine lined rind ling ring lings rings link rink links rinks lino rhino lisle rile list wrist literally literary lithe writhe liver river livers rivers lives rives lo roe load road loam roam loan roan loans roans loaves roves lob rob lobbed robbed lobbing robbing lobs robs lobe robe lobed robed lobes robes loch rock lochs rocks lock rock locks rocks locked rocked locking rocking locker rocker lockers rockers locket rocket lockets rockets lodes roads lodger Roger lolly lorry lollies lorries long wrong longed wronged longing wronging longs wrongs look rook looked rooked looking rooking looks rooks


loped roped lopes ropes loping roping lor roar lot rot lots rots loud rowed lout rout louts routs lower rower lowers rowers lowing rowing loyal royal loyalist royalist loyalists royalists loyally royally loyalties royalties loyalty royalty lubber rubber lubberly rubbery lubbers rubbers luck ruck luff rough luffed roughed luffing roughing luffs roughs lug rug lugs rugs luge rouge luges rouges lugger rugger lumbers rumbas lumme rummy lump rump lumps rumps lung rung lungs rungs lush rush lushes rushes lust rust lusted rusted lustier rustier lustiest rustiest lusting rusting lusts rusts lustrous rustless lusty rusty plies pries plod prod plodded prodded plodding prodding plods prods plop prop plopped propped plopping propping plops props plough prow

luxe rucks Lytham rhythm mallow marrow mallows marrows mandarin mandolin mandarins mandolins masterly mastery Mauritius malicious miller mirror millers mirrors mislead misread misleading misreading misleads misreads misled misread molasses morasses odorous odourless ovary overly overcloud overcrowd overclouded overcrowded overclouding overcrowding overclouds overcrowds overload overrode overplays overpraise palate parrot palates parrots pallid parried palling poring pally parry Paris palace pearling purring penitentially penitentiary pilot pirate piloted pirated piloting pirating pilots pirates plank prank planks pranks plate prate plated prated plates prates play pray played prayed playing praying plays prays pleached preached pleaches preaches pleaching preaching pleasance presence pleasant present pleasantly pleasantry plied pride pliers priors


ploughed proud ploughs prows ply pry plying prying queerly query Rosalie rosary Rose lows Ryde lied savagely savagery secondary secondly splay spray splayed sprayed splaying spraying splays sprays splint sprint splinter sprinter splinters sprinters splints sprints split sprit splits sprits stalling storing starling starring Stirling stirring supplies surprise Surrey sully tally tarry tallied tarried tallies tarries tallying tarrying teller terror tellers terrors Terry telly towelling towering usually usury walling warring whirling whirring



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