Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | emër | 'name' | Contrasts with /r/ in all positions | ||
| Arabic | Egyptian | رجل | 'man' | Contrasts with emphatic form. See Arabic phonology | |
| Armenian | Eastern | րոպե | 'minute' | Contrasts with /r/ in all positions | |
| Asturian | yera | 'I/it was' | Contrasts with /r/ | ||
| Austro-Bavarian | Rose | 'rose' | |||
| Basque | lore | 'flower' | Contrasts with /r/ | ||
| Catalan | mira | 'look' | Contrasts with /r/. See Catalan phonology | ||
| Chechen | рагI / raġ | 'mountain range' | |||
| Dutch | Many dialects | Peru | 'Peru' | In free variation with . Pronunciation of /r/ varies regionally. See Dutch phonology | |
| English | RP |
better | 'better' | Rarely used allophone of /t/ and /d/. See English phonology and flapping | |
| Australian | Intervocalic allophone of /t/, and also /d/ among few speakers. Used more often in Australia than in New Zealand. See Australian English phonology and flapping | ||||
| New Zealand | |||||
| Cockney |
Intervocalic allophone of /t/. In free variation with . See flapping | ||||
| Dublin | Intervocalic allophone of /t/ and /d/, present in many dialects. In Local Dublin it can be instead, unlike New and Mainstream. See English phonology and flapping | ||||
| North America | |||||
| Ulster | |||||
| West Country | |||||
| Irish | three | 'three' | Conservative accents. Corresponds to, or in other accents. | ||
| Scottish | Most speakers. Others use . | ||||
| Older RP | Allophone of /ɹ/ | ||||
| Scouse | |||||
| South African | Broad speakers. Can be instead. | ||||
| Galician | cordeiro | 'lamb' | Contrasts with /r/ in all positions | ||
| Hebrew | Mizrahi | רבע | 'quarter' | See Modern Hebrew phonology | |
| Sephardic | |||||
| Ilokano | tumakder | 'to stand up' | |||
| Japanese | 心 kokoro | 'heart' | May instead be an alveolar lateral flap. See Japanese phonology | ||
| Korean | 바람 baram | 'wind' | See Korean phonology | ||
| Māori | reo | 'language' | |||
| Norwegian | Norge | 'Norway' | See Norwegian phonology | ||
| Persian | كشور | 'country' | See Persian phonology | ||
| Portuguese | prato | 'dish' | Dental to retroflex allophones, varying by dialect. Contrasts with /ʁ/, with its guttural allophones and, in all positions, with its archaic form . See Portuguese phonology | ||
| Sicilian | corna | 'horns' | |||
| Spanish | caro | 'expensive' | Contrasts with /r/. See Spanish phonology | ||
| Tagalog | bihira | 'rare' | See Tagalog phonology | ||
| Turkish | Türkiye | 'Turkey' | See Turkish phonology | ||
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan | ran | 'to see' | ||
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