Contrastive Words with Schwa and Other Vowels
| /ʌ/ | /æ/ | /ʌ/ | /æ/ |
| luck | lack | suck | sack |
| some | Sam | fun | fan |
| but | bat | stuck | stack |
| mud | mad | ton | tan |
| dumb | dam | much | match |
| /ʌ/ | /ɛ/ | /ʌ/ | /ɛ/ |
| but | bet | flood | fled |
| ton | ten | bug | beg |
| done | den | must | messed |
| blood | bled | bunch | bench |
| /ʌ/ | /a/ | /ʌ/ | /a/ |
| cup | cop | duck | dock |
| shut | shot | dull | doll |
| rub | rob | bum | bomb |
| fund | fond | stuck | stock |
