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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2010 Sep;36(5):1108–1117. doi: 10.1037/a0019901
Target Higher-Overlap Competitor Lower-Overlap Competitor Distractor Distractor
bead (1) bean (5) bear (57) flop (1) dune (1)
clap (1) clan (2) claw (1) moth (1) dire (1)
earn (16) earl (12) ears (37) kick (16) spun (16)
face (371) fade (2) fare (7) best (351) city (393)
flag (16) flat (67) flaw (3) bulk (16) jeep (16)
fool (37) food (147) foot (70) wash (37) hurt (37)
mate (21) maze (6) mare (16) loop (21) cope (21)
nose (60) node (2) none (108) text (60) duty (61)
paid (145) pain (88) pair (50) sent (145) club (145)
pant (10) pals (1) park (94) slug (10) wipe (10)
peas (24) peak (16) pear (6) slid (24) jump (24)
poke (1) pose (11) pore (2) fawn (1) jest (1)
span (19) spat (9) spar (3) whip (19) fury (19)
steam (17) steal (5) steak (10) chaos (17) dandy (17)
stem (29) step (131) stew (5) cure (28) dull (27)
work (760) worm (4) worn (23) make (794) here (750)