Table 1.

Minimal pair words to test participants’ perception of natural speech, divided by the position of the/r–l/contrast.

Word initial	Consonant cluster	Intervocalic	Word final
rack – lack	breed – bleed	aright – alight	bare – bale
raw – law	broom – bloom	arrive – alive	dare – dale
red – led	crash – clash	array – allay	fire – file
rice – lice	crowd – cloud	arouse – allows	hear – heal
rid – lid	fresh – flesh	berated – belated	mire – mile
road – load	fright – flight	erect – elect	peer – peel
rock – lock	grow – glow	pirate – pilot	steer – steel
room – loom	pray – play		tire – tile
rust – lust