Minimal pair · General American
English /n/ vs /ŋ/Kin or king?
Listen to the last consonant: /n/ as in kin or /ŋ/ as in king. X has a different beginning but belongs to one of these ending categories.
Practice these sounds/n/
The final n category
Listen to the nasal consonant at the end, rather than a change in the preceding vowel.
As inkin
/ŋ/
The ŋ category
Listen for the target sound in each word.
As inking
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR
A small change.
A different word.
Listen to the last consonant: /n/ as in kin or /ŋ/ as in king. X has a different beginning but belongs to one of these ending categories.
Listen for the target sound in each word.
Sound examples
Tap to hear each wordkin
/kɪn/relativespin
/pɪn/a small pointed fastenerwin
/wɪn/succeed in a contestsin
/sɪn/a moral wrongten
/tɛn/the number 10king
/kɪŋ/a male monarchping
/pɪŋ/a brief high-pitched soundwing
/wɪŋ/a limb used for flightsing
/sɪŋ/make musical sounds with the voicething
/θɪŋ/an object or matter10 words. Words stay hidden during practice unless you choose to reveal them.