Phonetic similarit Complementary distribution is not the only condition to identify two sounds as of the same phoneme. They must satisfy some other conditions as well. one condition for two sounds in complementary distribution to belong to the same phoneme is that they must be phonetic similar Example:/h/ and / nPhonetic Similarity • Complementary distribution is not the only condition to identify two sounds as of the same phoneme. They must satisfy some other conditions as well. One condition for two sounds in complementary distribution to belong to the same phoneme is that they must be phonetic similar. • Example: /h/ and /n/