An ambiguous initial phoneme is more likely to be assigned to a given phoneme category when it produces a word than when it does not. This phenomenon is known as the:

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The Ganong effect refers to the phenomenon in which an ambiguous initial phoneme is more likely to be perceived as belonging to a phoneme category that would produce a real word, rather than a non-word or a less frequent word. This suggests that lexical knowledge and context can influence phoneme perception.

An Ambiguous Initial Phoneme Is More Likely to Be Assigned