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frequency effect Phenomenon that a linguistic unit (e.g. a word) which is used more often than another unit of the same type and which is comparable word in terms of length etc. is recognised more rapidly and more accurately.
Example:dog and ewe are both three letters long but dog is more easily recognised because it is a more frequent word.
Topic: Spoken word recognition