Finnish word pairs that still make sense after you switch two letters

This is a fun game: Try to come up with word pairs that still make sense after you switch two vowels or consonants! 

Here's what I could think of: 

Two vowels switch places: 

1. hourailla - huorailla
2. Kairo - koira
3. kakku - kukka
4. kassi - kissa 
5. keikka - kiekka 
6. kirkko - korkki
7. laki - lika
8. leikki - liekki
9. limu - lumi
10. liuska - luiska
11. paino - piano
12. pakastin - Pakistan
13. passi - pissa
14. pelto - polte
15. pöyristyä - pyöristyä
16. sakko - sokka
17. sato - sota
18. syvä - sävy
19. takki - tikka
20. takku - tukka
21. tarve - terva
22. vaimo - voima
23. veri - vire

Two consonants switch places: 

1. entinen - etninen
2. etsin - estin
3. lammas - sammal
4. lasi - sali
5. lato - talo
6. kaste - katse
7. kastella - katsella
8. paisti - paitsi
9. There MUST be more! Please help me. :)

Here are the translations:

Two vowels switch places: 

1. hourailla - huorailla - to fantasize, to hallucinate - to behave like a whore
2. Kairo - koira = Cairo - a dog
3. kakku - kukka = a cake - a flower
4. kassi - kissa = a bag - a cat 
5. keikka - kiekka = a gig, a round (spoken Finnish form of kierros.)
6. kirkko - korkki = a church - a (bottle) cap, a cork
7. laki - lika = a law - dirt
8. leikki - liekki = a children's free play, a flame
9. limu - lumi = a soft drink - snow
10. liuska - luiska =  a sheet of paper, a ramp
11. paino - piano = weight - a piano
12. pakastin - Pakistan = a freezer - Pakistan
13. passi - pissa = a passport - pee
14. pelto - polte = a field - a burn
15. pöyristyä - pyöristyä = to be shocked - to become round
16. sakko - sokka = a fine, a ticket - a hand grenade pin
17. sato - sota = a crop, a harvest - a war
18. syvä - sävy - = deep - a nuance, a hue
19. takki - tikka = a jacket - a woodpecker, a dart
20. takku - tukka = a tangle - hair
21. tarve - terva = a need, tar
22. vaimo - voima = a wife - power
23. veri - vire = blood - a tone, tune

Two consonants switch places: 

1. entinen - etninen = previous, ethnic
2. etsin - estin - I searched/looked for - I prevented
3. lammas - sammal = a lamb, moss
4. lasi - sali = a glas, a hall
5. lato - talo = a barn - a house
6. kaste - katse = dew, a baptism / a dip, a look
7. kastella - katsella =  to wet, to watch
8. paisti - paitsi =  a roast - except 

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