Table 5. Confusion metrics of the eight English fricatives for the English majors
Res. | Target |
f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ |
f | 88.9 | | 34.8 | 6.5 | | | | |
v | | 87.2 | | 20.4 | | | | |
θ | 5.5 | | 39.8 | 18 | 12.3 | | | |
ð | | 5.5 | 12.1 | 31.6 | 5.4 | 17.3 | | |
s | | | 6.8 | | 80.7 | | | |
z | | | | 20.3 | | 75 | | 8.1 |
ʃ | | | | | | | 96 | 5.2 |
ʒ | | | | | | | | 84.1 |
Note: Confusion percentage lower than 5% is not considered for clarity.