Minimal Pairs: Berry vs Very
/b/ vs /v/B and V sound identical in some languages — but in English they separate "boat" from "vote." Listen and choose which word you hear.
Listen to the pairs
Tap 🔊 to hear each word. Both words of a pair play in the same voice — and after you have heard both, the pair switches to a second American English voice. Tap 🌐 to see the word in your language.
In each pair: left word = /b/ (b as in berry), right word = /v/ (v as in very).
Listening quiz
You will hear one word from each pair — choose which one you heard. Missed words come back until you get every one right.