Minimal pair · Mexican Spanish; starter contrasts also occur widely elsewhere
Spanish /t/ vs /d/Initial t and d
Learn to hear the difference between t and d in Spanish words.
Practice these sounds/t/
An unvoiced tongue closure
A brief stop near the front of the mouth. The target here is the first consonant.
As intía
/d/
A voiced tongue closure
Compare this opening consonant with /t/ while keeping the rest of the word out of the decision.
As indía
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR
A small change.
A different word.
Learn to hear the difference between t and d in Spanish words.
Listen for the target sound in each word.
Sound examples
Tap to hear each wordtía
/ˈti.a/aunttos
/tos/coughtela
/ˈtela/clothtapa
/ˈtapa/lidtomo
/ˈtomo/I takedía
/ˈdi.a/daydos
/dos/twodado
/ˈdado/die (singular of dice)duna
/ˈduna/dunededo
/ˈdedo/finger10 words. Words stay hidden during practice unless you choose to reveal them.