Consonants /ʒ/ versus /n/, 7 pairs
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The /ʒ/ sound is spelled with <ge> in words of French origin or <su> in leisured and <zu> in azure. The /n/ sound is spelled with <n> or <nn>.

This is a contrast between a fricative and a nasal continuant, both in the same region of the mouth and both voiced. It is not a problem.


azure anna
  azures annas 
beige bane 
leisured Leonard 
luge loon 
luges loonies 
rouge rune

John Higgins, Shaftesbury, December 2010
updated Chiang Mai, 2025