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beginning with voiceless post-alveolar affricate---- / ʧ /
089---------ʧt (final) -------hitched, matched, watched
| / m / | / p / | / b / | / f / | / v / | / θ / | / ð / | / n / | / t / | / d / | |||
| / s / | / z / | / l / | / ʧ / | / ʤ / | / ʃ / | / ʒ / | / ŋ / | / k / | / g / | |||
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/ *ʧt / (final) ------- approached arched attached beached belched benched beseeched besmirched bewitched birched blanched bleached blenched blotched botched branched breached broached bunched countermarched counterpunched clenched cliched clinched clutched coached couched crosshatched crotched crouched crunched crutched debauched debouched declutched despatched detached disbranched dispatched ditched drenched encroached enriched entrenched etched farfetched fetched filched flinched flitched forereached frogmarched hatched haunched headreached hemstitched hitched hunched impeached inarched inched itched latched launched leached leeched lunched lurched lynched marched matched mismatched mulched munched notched outmarched outmatched outreached outstretched overarched overattached overpitched overreached overstretched overwatched parched patched paunched perched pinched pitched poached pouched preached punched quenched ranched reached reattached reintrenched rematched reproached researched retched retouched retrenched roached scorched scotched scratched screeched scrunched scutched searched semidetached sketched slouched smirched smooched smutched snatched snitched squelched stanched starched staunched stitched stomached stretched switched thatched touched trenched twitched unattached unbleached unchurched unclenched undetached unenriched unhatched unhitched unimpeached unlatched unmatched unquenched unscratched unstarched untouched unvouched unwatched upstretched vouched watched winched witched wrenched
False Friends
Note the role [optional] of / ʧ / in replacing / t / + / j / in words like "Tuesday" / ˈʧu:zdɪ [ˈtju:zdeɪ] / , "tulip" / ˈʧu:lɪp /, "nature" / ˈneɪʧəʳ /, "future" / ˈfju:ʧəʳ /, "feature" / ˈfi:ʧəʳ /, and "creature" / ˈkri:ʧəʳ /. This type of assimilation is known as coalescence. See Wikipedia on Yod-coalescence.