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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Child Psychol. 2009 Aug 18;104(4):410–426. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.07.003

Table 2.

Mean Number of Letters (Standard Deviation in Parentheses) in Prephonological Spellings in English and Portuguese

CV Structure English Portuguese
CVC 4.80 (2.00) 3.98 (1.81)
CVCV 4.94 (2.12) 3.99 (1.83)
CCV 4.88 (2.02) 4.01(1.97)