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Definition of Near-minimal pair
1. Noun. (linguistics) A pair of words differing by a few (but more than one) phonetic segments or suprasegments, used to suggest a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme may be valid. ¹
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1. Noun. (linguistics) A pair of words differing by a few (but more than one) phonetic segments or suprasegments, used to suggest a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme may be valid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com