Coat or Goat? A K/G Ear Test
coat
/koʊt/
goat
/goʊt/
Voicing contrasts like k/g are frequently neutralized or weakened in Spanish and Korean phonology depending on position in a word — a documented source of exactly this kind of minimal-pair confusion for learners from both backgrounds.
A jacket or a farm animal, decided entirely by whether your throat vibrates. Let's test it.
8 rounds · about 90 seconds

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