Stimuli used in the experiments

Words		Word-like non words		Less word-like non words
badge	leaf	b@f	lit	CeJ	SYm
bag	lick	b@l	lIg	CeZ	SYp
cab	limb	k@k	lIS	Ďd	SYv
cape	mad	kel	m@l	Ďg	ŤC
cheek	mat	Cil	m@b	ĎS	ŤS
chick	mice	CId	mYg	DiS	Ťz
cuff	neck	kˇl	nEn	DYb	Teg
deck	noon	dEs	num	DYp	TeT
dice	pace	dYp	pek	DYz	TeZ
dock	pad	dab	p@f	geZ	Tez
fig	pen	flk	pEd	giD	TRT
goal	phone	gon	fod	giJ	TRz
gum	pin	ĝk	pIr	giT	ŵS
hair	rain	hek	rem	nRg	wYD
ham	reef	h@n	rin	nRz	ŷC
haze	ring	h@f	rIl	nYD	ŷS
hill	rope	hIn	rok	ŠC	ŷz
hood	sail	hUn	s@b	Seg	yiD
jack	seal	J@n	sib	SeJ	yig
kid	tack	klz	t@s	SeT	yiS
knob	tool	nap	tuk	SRg	ziC
lab	vine	l@J	vYk	SRz	ziD
lake	wick	lel	wId	SYb	ziJ
lash	wine	l@G	wYk	SYD	ziS

Note: The last phoneme of each real word was changed to form a word-like nonword. The less word-like nonwords were randomly selected from the items with low phonotactic probability in Vitevitch and Luce (1999; Appendix A). All nonwords are phonologically transcribed using a convention based on standard keyboard characters (see Vitevitch & Luce, 2004).