/ð/ as in "then" · /d/ as in "den"
| then | den |
| thy | die |
| thee | Dee |
| there | dare |
| they'll | dale |
| breathe | breed |
| breather | breeder |
| heather | header |
| lather | larder |
| worthy | wordy |
| Southern | sudden |
| bathe | bade |
| Hythe | hide |
| lathe | laid |
| loathe | load |
| seethe | seed |
| scythe | side |
| wreathe | reed |
| soothe | sued |
| swathe | suede |
Read the words aloud, concentrating on the difference between the two consonant sounds.