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minimal pair

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minimal pair

Summary

minimal pair is a concept[1]. It draws 143 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #279 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • minimal pair's instance of is recorded as concept[3].
  • minimal pair's subclass of is recorded as difference[4].
  • minimal pair's Commons category is recorded as Minimal pairs[5].
  • minimal pair's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/052pr[6].
  • minimal pair's facet of is recorded as phonology[7].
  • minimal pair's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/minimal-pairs[8].
  • minimal pair's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as minimal-pairs[9].
  • minimal pair's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776002388[10].
  • minimal pair's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 최소대립쌍[11].

Why It Matters

minimal pair draws 143 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #279 of 912).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

phonology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). minimal pair. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/minimal-pair
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_minimal-pair_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{minimal pair}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/minimal-pair}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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