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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biling (Camb Engl). 2015 Apr 10;19(2):264–276. doi: 10.1017/S1366728915000097
Target Freq Phonological Freq Overlap Semantic Freq Unrelated Freq
egg 2.86 knife 3.10 HS+LOC bird 3.08 cake 3.08
movie 3.32 school 3.66 HS+LOC picture 3.50 car 3.71
lipstick 2.52 napkin 2.14 LOC+MOV mascara 1.80 battery 2.60
potato 2.59 church 3.13 LOC+MOV corn 2.61 door 3.72
screwdriver 1.93 key 3.34 LOC+MOV pliers 1.70 vacuum 2.32
thermometer 1.90 carrot 2.09 LOC+MOV stethoscope 1.63 gun 3.47
umbrella 2.32 coffee 3.48 HS+LOC rain 3.16 ear 3.04
bread 2.96 wood 2.88 HS+MOV toast 3.04 flashlight 2.32
soap 2.71 butter 2.83 LOC+MOV shampoo 2.17 hammer 2.60
chair 3.19 train 3.25 HS+LOC bed 3.61 ball 3.32
cheese 3.05 paper 3.42 HS+LOC milk 3.10 stamp 2.35
island 2.84 chocolate 2.95 LOC+MOV mountain 2.95 leaf 2.34
clown 2.65 wolf 2.58 HS+LOC mime 1.54 match 3.19
glasses 3.00 camera 3.14 HS+LOC contacts 2.49 wrench 2.11
shower 3.11 lamp 2.59 HS+LOC faucet 1.76 beard 2.60
witch 2.68 doll 2.81 HS+LOC magic 3.09 mirror 2.94
nurse 3.04 sushi 2.16 HS+MOV hospital 3.42 bear 3.18
newspaper 2.88 magnet 1.98 LOC+MOV magazine 2.93 dress 3.34
gorilla 2.20 bath 3.00 HS+LOC chimpanzee 1.60 pirate 2.21
broom 2.26 pie 2.90 HS+LOC rake 1.94 scarf 2.22
parachute 2.08 mushroom 1.92 HS+LOC sail 2.54 envelope 2.51
owl 2.14 binoculars 1.85 HS+LOC eagle 2.77 thumb 2.61
M 2.65 2.78 2.57 2.81
SD 0.42 0.55 0.68 0.51

Note. Spoken word frequency (Freq, log-10) obtained from SubtLex-US (Brysbaert & New, 2009). HS = handshape, LOC = location, MOV = movement.