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beginning with voiceless post-alveolar affricate---- / ʤ /
090---------ʤd (final) ------caged, edged, forged, judged, waged
| / m / | / p / | / b / | / f / | / v / | / θ / | / ð / | / n / | / t / | / d / | |||
| / s / | / z / | / l / | / ʧ / | / ʤ / | / ʃ / | / ʒ / | / ŋ / | / k / | / g / | |||
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/ *ʤd / (final) ------- abjudged abridged acknowledged adjudged advantaged aged alleged arranged assuaged astringed avenged averaged badinaged bandaged barged barraged begrudged besieged bilged binged bridged budged bulged cadged caged camouflaged centrifuged challenged changed charged converged countercharged cringed damaged deluged demerged depurged deranged disadvantaged disarranged discharged discouraged disengaged disgorged dislodged dismortgaged disobliged disparaged diverged divulged dodged dredged drudged edged emerged encaged encouraged endamaged engaged engorged enlarged enraged envisaged estranged exchanged expunged featheredged flanged fledged foliaged foraged forejudged forged fringed fudged garaged gauged gorged grudged gunged haemorrhaged hedged hinged imaged impinged indulged infringed interchanged interpaged judged kedged knowledged ledged leveraged lodged lounged lozenged lunged managed massaged merged misalleged misarranged mischarged misgauged misjudged mismanaged mortgaged nudged obliged outdodged outraged outranged overcharged overindulged overmanaged packaged paged percentaged pillaged pledged plunged prearranged preengaged prejudged prepackaged presaged privileged purged raged rampaged ranged ravaged rearranged rechallenged recharged reemerged reengaged reenlarged reexchanged reforged refuged regauged regorged rehinged rejudged remortgaged repackaged repledged restaged revenged ridged rouged rummaged sabotaged salvaged scavenged scourged scrimmaged scrounged scrummaged selvaged shortchanged sieged singed sledged smudged splodged splurged sponged staged straightedged submerged supercharged surcharged surged swaged syringed teenaged tinged trudged turbosupercharged twinged unabridged unacknowledged unaged unavenged unbridged uncaged unchallenged unchanged uncharged undamaged undercharged underprivileged undischarged undiscouraged undivulged unengaged unestranged unfledged unhinged unmerged unmortgaged unobliged unpaged unpledged unrevenged untinged unwaged upstaged urged verged voyaged waged wedged
False Friends
Note the role (optional) of / ʤ / in replacing / d / + / j / in verbs like "educate" / ˈeʤʊkeɪt / and "graduate" / ˈgræʤʊeɪt /, nouns such as "graduate" / ˈgræʤʊət / and adjectives such as "gradual" / ˈgræʤʊəl /. This type of assimilation is known as coalescence. See Wikipedia on Yod-coalescence.