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Minimal Pairs: Chair vs Share

/tʃ/ vs /ʃ/

CH and SH are nearly twins — one tiny stop is the only difference. Listen to real audio and choose which word you hear.

👂 Minimal pairs · set 9 of 9 🎧 8 word pairs, two voices ⏱ about 5 minutes

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 = /tʃ/ (ch as in chair), right word = /ʃ/ (sh as in share).

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.