The /ʤ/ sound is spelled with <j>, <ge>, <dge> or <gy> in gyrate. Many of the pairs arise from replacing an -age noun ending with a -y adjective ending, such as leakage/leaky. I am not sure of the status of one pair which has different stress, contingent/continent.
The density value is 5.6%. The set makes 146 semantic distinctions, giving a loading of 68%.
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