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Consonant Sound Pair
Voiceless /t/ & Voiced /d/
Pattern
End of a Word
At the
end
of a word, /t/ doesn't have a puff of air.
Difference: the vowel sound before /t/ is shorter than the vowel sound after /d/.
built
build
hurt
herd
heard