Liter Leader Litter Little

Can you pronounce the differences in these words?

• "liter" and "leader" sound the same in American English.
•The "t" sounds like a "d" in "liter" (very common in many words where a "t" is between two vowels!..."city", "beauty", "beautiful", "bottle", etc.

• "litter" and "little" sound the same except for the ending.
The first vowel is the 'short i' sound. /I/.

For the "er" in "litter," curl the tongue back.

• For the əl ending in "little," anchor the tip of the tongue to the gum ridge behind the top front teeth.

● liter, leader
● litter
● little