dyslexia is what it is called when you mix up the letters of a word.
what is it called when you mix up the letters of a word?
dyslexia
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the phenomenon takes place when two letters in a word (typically called a base word) switch positions to create a new string of letters that form a new, non-word (typically called a transposed letter non-word or tl non-word). it is a form of priming (psychology) because the transposed letter non-word is able to activate the lexical representation of its base word. a non-word that is created by transposing letters in a base word is significantly more effective at being a prime for that base word than would be a prime created by exchanging letters from the base word with random letters that were not originally in the base word. for example, the tl non-word 'stduent' would be a more effective prime than would be the non-word 'stobent' for the base word student.
transposed letter effect