• bète = bait
• bête = beast

(è = open e; ê = long e)

• mater = to tire out
• mâter = to stand upright

(a = short a; â = long a)

• matîn = morning
• mâtîn = rascal

(a = short a; â = long a)

• mat = tired
• mât = mast

(a = short a; â = long a)

• râcoter = to kindle
• racôter = to approach coast

(â = long a; ô = long o)

• êlaîsi = to widen
• êlouaîssi = to loosen

• du = of the
• dû = hard

(u = short u; û = long u)