near-minimal pair

English

Alternative forms

  • near minimal pair

Noun

near-minimal pair (plural near-minimal pairs)

  1. (phonology) A pair of words differing by a few (but more than one) phonetic segments or suprasegments, used to suggest a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme may be valid.
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