Minimal Pairs: Light vs Right
/l/ vs /r/L and R are the most famous listening challenge in English. Hear 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 = /l/ (l as in light), right word = /r/ (r as in right).
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.
See also: Right vs Write — the confused-word quiz