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beginning with voiceless dental fricative---- / θ /
033---------θs (final) --------baths, cloths, maths, oaths, paths, truths
| / m / | / p / | / b / | / f / | / v / | / θ / | / ð / | / n / | / t / | / d / | |||
| / s / | / z / | / l / | / ʧ / | / ʤ / | / ʃ / | / ʒ / | / ŋ / | / k / | / g / | |||
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/ θs / -------Note that voiceless / θ / is followed by voiceless / s / afterbirths amaranths batholiths bequeaths bigmouths births bloodbaths breaths bypaths cloths coppersmiths deaths earths eightieths eoliths fifteenths f ingerbreadths aftermaths azimuths baths berths billionths blabbermouths booths breechcloths cerecloths coelacanths cottonmouths depths eighteenths elevenths eyebaths fifths firths allopaths backcloths behemoths betroths birdbaths blacksmiths breadths broths cheesecloths commonwealths cystoliths dishcloths eighths enwreaths faiths fiftieths footpaths fortieths froths girths goliaths haircloths heaths hyacinths labyrinths lengths loudmouths megadeaths millionths months myths nemathelminths nineteenths oilcloths fourteenths garths goalmouths growths healths helminths isobaths laccoliths locksmiths mammoths megaliths monoliths moths naturopaths neoliths ninths osteopaths fourths gastroliths goldsmiths gunsmiths hearths hundredths isopleths laths loincloths maths meths monteiths mouths neckcloths neuropaths oaths outgrowths paths polymaths quintillionths seventeenths sheaths sixteenths sleuths smooths strengths tamworths thirtieths tollbooths troths twelvemonths untruths wavelengths wreaths piths psychopaths rebirths sevenths shibboleths sixths sloths sociopaths swaths tenths thousandths towpaths truths twentieths vermouths widths xenoliths plinths quadrillionths sabbaths seventieths silversmiths sixtieths smiths stillbirths tablecloths thirteenths tinsmiths trillionths twelfths unearths washcloths wraiths youths zeniths zillionths
False Friends
Note the difference between "baths" / θs / voiceless / θ / followed by voiceless / s / and "bathes" / ðz / voiced / ð / followed by voiced / z /.