Minimal pair
TWO WORDS THAT DIFFER IN ONLY ONE ELEMENT OF THEIR PRONUNCIATION
Minimal pairs; Minimal Pair; Contrasting pair
In phonology, minimal pairs are pairs of words or phrases in a particular language, spoken or signed, that differ in only one phonological element, such as a phoneme, toneme or chroneme, and have distinct meanings. They are used to demonstrate that two phones represent two separate phonemes in the language.