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beginning with voiceless alveolar plosive---- / t /
051---------tθ (final) --------breadth, eighth, hundredth, thousandth, width
052---------tθs (final) -------breadths, eighths, hundredths, thousandths, widths
053---------ts (final) --------cats, eats, fights, its, meets, parts, puts, waits
054---------tst (final) --------amidst, midst
| / m / | / p / | / b / | / f / | / v / | / θ / | / ð / | / n / | / t / | / d / | |||
| / s / | / z / | / l / | / ʧ / | / ʤ / | / ʃ / | / ʒ / | / ŋ / | / k / | / g / | |||
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/ *tθ / (final) -------bandwidth fingerbreadth hundredth width breadth handbreadth overbreadth doublewidth handsbreadth thousandth.
/ *tθs / (final) -------breadths, eighths, hundredths, thousandths, widths.
/ *ts / (final) -------bats
cats
dots
fits
gits
hits
jots
kits
lots
nets
oats
pats
pots
rots
sits
tits
ants
bets
cots
eats
gats
guts
huts
juts
lats
mats
nits
opts
pets
puts
ruts
sots
tots
arts
bits
cuts
fats
gets
hats
jets
kats
lets
mots
nuts
outs
pits
rats
sets
tats
vats
vets
wits
wats
wets
abbots
admits
agents
allots
ashets
averts
beauts
berets
bidets
blasts
blunts
boosts
bursts
carets
cheats
cleats
clouts
aborts
adopts
agists
argots
assets
awaits
befits
besets
bights
bleats
blurts
bracts
cadets
chants
chests
clefts
coasts
adapts
adults
alerts
ascots
audits
beasts
begets
besots
bigots
bloats
boasts
bruits
carats
charts
civets
clints
comets
coopts
covets
croats
crusts
culets
davits
defats
depots
don'ts
drafts
ducats
egests
ejects
epacts
erupts
evicts
exerts
counts
crafts
crofts
crypts
curets
debits
deists
digits
donuts
drifts
duvets
egrets
elects
erects
events
exacts
exists
courts
crests
cruets
cubits
daunts
debuts
demits
divots
doubts
droits
edicts
eights
enacts
eructs
everts
exalts
exults
facets
faults
fights
fleets
floats
founts
frosts
gemots
giants
glints
grafts
groats
guests
hearts
idiots
inputs
islets
fagots
feasts
filets
flints
flouts
fritts
fruits
ghauts
gigots
gloats
grants
grouts
habits
helots
ingots
insets
jabots
faints
feints
firsts
flirts
foists
fronts
gamuts
ghosts
gilets
godets
greets
grunts
haunts
hoists
inlets
inuits
jaunts
joints
karsts
lights
mights
mulcts
octets
paints
pilots
plaits
points
prints
quests
quints
rebuts
remits
resits
roasts
joists
knouts
limits
moults
nights
orbits
petits
pipits
plants
posits
quants
quiets
quoits
refits
repots
rights
robots
jousts
krauts
merits
mounts
objets
owlets
picots
pivots
pleats
poults
quarts
quilts
reacts
relets
resets
rivets
roosts
rousts
scants
scouts
shifts
shoots
shouts
skirts
smarts
snorts
splits
sprats
squats
stints
struts
sweets
taunts
thefts
sabots
scents
shafts
shirts
shorts
shunts
slants
smelts
snouts
sports
sprits
starts
stoats
stunts
swifts
tempts
tights
saints
scoots
sheets
shoats
shotts
sights
sleets
snoots
splats
spouts
spurts
stilts
stouts
sweats
taints
tenets
toasts
tracts
trouts
tweets
upsets
vaunts
waists
wrests
yeasts
traits
trusts
twists
valets
visits
wheats
wrists
zibets
treats
trysts
unfits
vaults
vomits
worsts
yachts
/ *tst / (final) -------amidst, midst.
False Friends
Note that in "amidst" / əˈmɪtst / and "midst" /ˈmɪtst /, the letter "d" is pronounced / t / and the whole consonant cluster is unvoiced / tst /