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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroimage. 2019 Jan 18;189:368–379. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.01.040

Table 2.

Syllable counting levels of difficulty

Level Match Mismatch Match example Mismatch example Perceptual match Perceptual mismatch
1 3 or 4 letters
1 syllable
3 or 4 letters
1 or 2 syllables
fod
bim
gan
epo
ʖƱʖδΔ
ʖƱʖδΔ
ƱΨЖδƜΦ
δŒΦƘƧ
2 3 or 4 letters
1 or 2 syllables
3 or 4 letters
1 or 2 syllables
gock
tiss
sork
boma
ΘƟδΓΓ
ΘƟδΓΓ
ƋƩʖδƟ
ΘƧΘƟƧ
3 4 or 5 letters
1 or 2 syllables
4 or 5 letters
1 or 2 syllables
lapo
pany
namp
ambus
ƋΔδΦƱ
ƋΔδΦƱ
ϞΓʖϞΨŒ
ƧΓʖϞŒʖ
4 5 or 6 letters
1 or 2 syllables
5 or 6 letters
1 or 2 syllables
tarmo
vegar
blash
ragle
ŒΘʖʖƕ
ŒΘʖʖƕ
δΘϞΦΨ
ƧδϞΦΨ
5 6 or 7 letters
2 or 3 syllables
6 or 7 letters
2 or 3 syllables
banlem
terrow
esbort
kisonic
δδƱƱƘΦ
δδƱƱƘΦ
δƧϞΞϞ
ϞƧϞΞϞ
6 7 or 8 letters
2 or 3 syllables
7 or 8 letters
2 or 3 syllables
opunate
fundacy
displert
pomable
ƜϞΞΞΦʖ
ƜϞΞΞΦʖ
ΨƜΘЖƘΞ
ΨƘΘŒƘΞ
7 8 or 9 letters
3 or 4 syllables
8 or 9 letters
3 or 4 syllables
uncament
nanculous
bepidity
delibance
ЖϟʖΞʖƕ
ЖϞʖΞʖƕ
ΔƟЖƏŒ
ΔƟΔƏŒ