This page lists pairs of Hungarian words that only differ in vowel length, diacritic marks, consonant length or some other minor difference.
Note: Almost all of these pairs contain totally unrelated terms both morphologically and semantically that are never confused or mixed up by speakers of the language.
Vowels with length difference: I – Í | O – Ó | Ö – Ő | U – Ú | Ü – Ű vowels with quality diff.: A – O | E – Ö | O – Ö | Ó – Ő | Ú – Ű vowels with length & quality diff.: A – Á | E – É | Ú – Ü vowels & cons.: I – J
Consonants with length diff.: GY – GGY | K – KK | L – LL | N – NN | NY – NNY | P – PP | R – RR | S – SS | SZ – SSZ | T – TT consonants with quality diff.: L – R | B – P | D – T | G – GY | G – K | GY – NY | T – TY other: Ø – H
Also, there are regular a – á pairs among the paradigmatic forms of back-vowel verbs:
With overlapping and unique senses alike:
See also Template:U:hu:e-ö alternation for those e ~ ö pairs whose members are in free alternation.
The verbal prefix fel- can be substituded with the föl- variant in most cases. See also this table.
There are also regular e – é pairs among the paradigmatic forms of front-vowel verbs:
Vowels with length difference: I – Í | O – Ó | Ö – Ő | U – Ú | Ü – Ű vowels with quality diff.: A – O | E – Ö | O – Ö | Ó – Ő | Ú – Ű vowels with length & quality diff.: A – Á | E – É | Ú – Ü vowels & cons.: I – J
Consonants with length diff.: GY – GGY | K – KK | L – LL | N – NN | NY – NNY | P – PP | R – RR | S – SS | SZ – SSZ | T – TT consonants with quality diff.: L – R | B – P | D – T | G – GY | G – K | GY – NY | T – TY other: Ø – H
Vowels with length difference: I – Í | O – Ó | Ö – Ő | U – Ú | Ü – Ű vowels with quality diff.: A – O | E – Ö | O – Ö | Ó – Ő | Ú – Ű vowels with length & quality diff.: A – Á | E – É | Ú – Ü vowels & cons.: I – J
Consonants with length diff.: GY – GGY | K – KK | L – LL | N – NN | NY – NNY | P – PP | R – RR | S – SS | SZ – SSZ | T – TT consonants with quality diff.: L – R | B – P | D – T | G – GY | G – K | GY – NY | T – TY other: Ø – H
Vowels with length difference: I – Í | O – Ó | Ö – Ő | U – Ú | Ü – Ű vowels with quality diff.: A – O | E – Ö | O – Ö | Ó – Ő | Ú – Ű vowels with length & quality diff.: A – Á | E – É | Ú – Ü vowels & cons.: I – J
Consonants with length diff.: GY – GGY | K – KK | L – LL | N – NN | NY – NNY | P – PP | R – RR | S – SS | SZ – SSZ | T – TT consonants with quality diff.: L – R | B – P | D – T | G – GY | G – K | GY – NY | T – TY other: Ø – H
With a letter “k” in the “g” items of the pairs:
Vowels with length difference: I – Í | O – Ó | Ö – Ő | U – Ú | Ü – Ű vowels with quality diff.: A – O | E – Ö | O – Ö | Ó – Ő | Ú – Ű vowels with length & quality diff.: A – Á | E – É | Ú – Ü vowels & cons.: I – J
Consonants with length diff.: GY – GGY | K – KK | L – LL | N – NN | NY – NNY | P – PP | R – RR | S – SS | SZ – SSZ | T – TT consonants with quality diff.: L – R | B – P | D – T | G – GY | G – K | GY – NY | T – TY other: Ø – H
Vowels with length difference: I – Í | O – Ó | Ö – Ő | U – Ú | Ü – Ű vowels with quality diff.: A – O | E – Ö | O – Ö | Ó – Ő | Ú – Ű vowels with length & quality diff.: A – Á | E – É | Ú – Ü vowels & cons.: I – J
Consonants with length diff.: GY – GGY | K – KK | L – LL | N – NN | NY – NNY | P – PP | R – RR | S – SS | SZ – SSZ | T – TT consonants with quality diff.: L – R | B – P | D – T | G – GY | G – K | GY – NY | T – TY other: Ø – H
Vowels with length difference: I – Í | O – Ó | Ö – Ő | U – Ú | Ü – Ű vowels with quality diff.: A – O | E – Ö | O – Ö | Ó – Ő | Ú – Ű vowels with length & quality diff.: A – Á | E – É | Ú – Ü vowels & cons.: I – J
Consonants with length diff.: GY – GGY | K – KK | L – LL | N – NN | NY – NNY | P – PP | R – RR | S – SS | SZ – SSZ | T – TT consonants with quality diff.: L – R | B – P | D – T | G – GY | G – K | GY – NY | T – TY other: Ø – H
Vowels with length difference: I – Í | O – Ó | Ö – Ő | U – Ú | Ü – Ű vowels with quality diff.: A – O | E – Ö | O – Ö | Ó – Ő | Ú – Ű vowels with length & quality diff.: A – Á | E – É | Ú – Ü vowels & cons.: I – J
Consonants with length diff.: GY – GGY | K – KK | L – LL | N – NN | NY – NNY | P – PP | R – RR | S – SS | SZ – SSZ | T – TT consonants with quality diff.: L – R | B – P | D – T | G – GY | G – K | GY – NY | T – TY other: Ø – H