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So for ra-nuki, I think it is when an ichidan verb's potential form removes
the ra. This makes it distinct from it's passive form. However, I believe the
potential form of the godan equivalent verb would be exactly the same.

Does this ever cause confusion in spoken speech?

  * 着る (Ichidan) - 着れる regular potential form
  * 切る (Godan) - 切れる ra-nuki form of potential

In spoken speech, this is exactly the same. I personally like ra nuki;
however, is this more troublesome than the potential confusion between passive
and potential that the current rareru structure causes? As now different verbs
share conjugations which seems concerning to me, but realistically, I don't
think this would ever get mixed up in the current state of the language.
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ら抜き - Can this ever be confusing?
If I understand correctly, there are very few verb pairs that potentially have
this problem, and they have different pitch accent patterns when conjugated to
potential forms:

  * **着** : きれる【LHH】★ can wear
  * **切** : きれる【LHL】 can cut
  * **変** : かえれる【LHHH】★ can change
  * **帰** : かえれる【LHHL】 can go back

★: nonstandard ra-nuki. 居る/要る are also an ichidan/godan pair, but the
potential form of 要る is not used.

By the way, some potential forms look and sound identical to the dictionary
form of a different verb (even without ra-nuki):

  * **買** : かえる【LHH】 can buy
  * **変** : かえる【LHH】 to change
  * **会** : あえる【LHL】 can meet
  * **和** : あえる【LHL】 to dress (on salad/vegetable)
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