Minimal Pairs: Full vs Fool
/ʊ/ vs /uː/The two "oo" sounds of English are easy to mix up. Listen to real audio 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 = /ʊ/ (short oo), right word = /uː/ (long oo).
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.