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Minimal Pairs – /k/ and /g/

/k/ as in "coal"   ·   /g/ as in "goal"

coalgoal
coatgoat
coursegorse
capgap
comegum
coregore
killgill
curlgirl
Kategate
coldgold
kiltguilt
nickelniggle
decreedegree
archiveArgive
bickerbigger
pickypiggy
pickpig
Dickdig
locklog
dockdog
duckdug

Read the words aloud, concentrating on the difference between the two consonant sounds.