English nonwords (e.g. ,"HICE")are easier to perceive than strings of letters not resembling English words (e.g. ,"RSFK")because

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Nonwords with more-common letter combinations (bigrams) are easier to perceive because the brain has built detectors for these frequent combinations. Bigrams such as TH, SH, CH, and ST are more easily processed and recognized by the brain because they occur frequently in the English language. Nonwords made up of these bigrams will be easier to perceive than strings of letters that do not resemble English words (such as RSFK). Though nonwords may be encountered less often than real words, the frequency of the letter combinations they contain is what matters for perception.

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