Each pair below differs by exactly one sound. Pick one to drill it deeply — a focused listening game, mic practice on both words, and the exact phoneme pages behind the contrast. Prefer one mixed game instead? Play them all shuffled →
ship vs sheep
/ɪ/ vs /iː/
Hard for Spanish, Italian…
bit vs beat
/ɪ/ vs /iː/
Hard for Spanish, Japanese
full vs fool
/ʊ/ vs /uː/
Hard for Spanish, Greek
pull vs pool
/ʊ/ vs /uː/
Hard for Spanish, Polish
cat vs cut
/æ/ vs /ʌ/
Hard for Hindi, French
bad vs bed
/æ/ vs /e/
Hard for German, Russian…
pen vs pan
/e/ vs /æ/
Hard for Hindi, Tagalog
light vs right
/l/ vs /r/
Hard for Japanese, Korean…
berry vs very
/b/ vs /v/
Hard for Spanish, Hindi
three vs tree
/θ/ vs /t/
Hard for French, Vietnamese…
think vs sink
/θ/ vs /s/
Hard for French, German…
vest vs west
/v/ vs /w/
Hard for Hindi, German…
so vs show
/s/ vs /ʃ/
Hard for Greek, Dutch
cheap vs jeep
/tʃ/ vs /dʒ/
Hard for Spanish, Portuguese
price vs prize
/s/ vs /z/
Hard for Spanish, Thai
ice vs eyes
/s/ vs /z/
Hard for Spanish, Cantonese
man vs men
/æ/ vs /e/
Hard for Spanish, Arabic
walk vs work
/ɔː/ vs /ɜː/
Hard for Japanese, Thai…
law vs low
/ɔː/ vs /əʊ/
Hard for Spanish, Russian
coat vs caught
/əʊ/ vs /ɔː/
Hard for Spanish, Polish
yam vs jam
/j/ vs /dʒ/
Hard for Spanish, Swedish
sing vs sin
/ŋ/ vs /n/
Hard for Spanish, Italian…