Minimal Pairs: Three vs Tree
/θ/ vs /t/When th is hard to say, it often becomes t — and "three" turns into "tree." 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 = /θ/ (th as in three), right word = /t/ (t as in tree).
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.