Words that differ only by a /s/-/z/ exchange
Federal_Double2472
Dear English enthusiasts,
My first language (Malayalam) doesn't have the /z/ sound and I have been pronouncing it as an /s/ all my life. I have heard that Spanish speakers have a similar problem. This is particularly tricky due to the existence of word pairs where the difference in pronunciation is purely an /s/->/z/ change.
Examples:
rice, rise
precedent, President
close, close
loose, lose
race, raise,
face, phase,
disease, decease
price, prize
Where can I find a complete and exhaustive list of such word pairs? Is it possible to use any Python package to find all such pairs in the English language?