Table 1A.

Descriptive Statistics for Target Word Characteristics

Word	Frequency (SFI)	Number of Letters	Orthographic Neighborhood Size	Phonological Neighborhood Size	Bigram Frequency by Position	Imageability	Age of Acquisition
Irregular/High Imageability
bowl	55.2	4	9	1.35	563	579	256
laugh	55.6	5	0	1.95	709	528	230
soup	53	4	4	1.7	855	604	232
wolf	55.1	4	2	1.9	691	610	316
wound	53.4	5	8	1.55	1229	570	372
guard	56.2	5	0	1.95	801	530	344
world	68.4	5	1	1.85	1052	560	340
young	66.3	5	0	2	996	521	286
Mean (SD)	57.90 (5.96)	4.63 (.52)	3.00 (3.66)	1.78 (.23)	862.00 (218.62)	562.75 (34.40)	297.00 (54.20)
Regular/High Imageability
birth	56.9	5	4	1.75	1069	532	328
hunt	56.1	4	8	1.35	877	527	366
farm	61.4	4	6	1.55	1478	560	306.5
ground	64.2	6	1	1.8	1604	513	258
brain	59	5	6	1.5	1914	572	347
coast	59.8	5	3	1.65	2601	588	311
space	63.7	5	4	1.6	1069	538	319
wife	60.9	4	9	1.55	465	575	314
Mean (SD)	60.25 (2.91)	4.75 (.71)	5.13 (2.64)	1.59 (.14)	1384.63 (667.54)	550.63 (26.77)	318.69 (31.71)
Irregular/Low Imageability
false	53.4	5	0	2	1245	315	399
build	61.5	5	2	1.85	779	399	251
broad	57.3	5	2	1.7	1348	463	376
learn	64.6	5	1	1.8	1512	361	280
lose	58.2	4	14	1.05	800	373	286
none	59	4	13	1.3	1656	425	267
sure	65.2	4	6	1.6	1547	285	328
worse	57.1	5	4	1.7	1501	339	357
Mean (SD)	59.54 (4.00)	4.63 (.52)	5.25 (5.42)	1.63 (.31)	1298.50 (338.03)	370.00 (58.33)	318.00 (54.91)
Regular/Low Imageability
lie	57.5	3	9	1.05	426	385	250
choice	58.1	6	0	1.95	1328	303	379
cost	59.7	4	9	1.4	2731	401	417.5
plus	53.5	4	2	1.75	621	378	317
real	63.1	4	14	1.15	2432	313	310
stuff	54.7	5	4	1.75	941	305	372
trust	54.3	5	3	1.6	1287	356	400
which	73.3	5	0	2	1024	257	301
Mean (SD)	59.28 (6.49)	4.50 (.93)	5.13 (5.03)	1.58 (.35)	1348.75 (822.98)	337.25 (50.14)	343.31 (57.46)