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New method uses letter probabilities to gauge French word complexity

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Researchers have developed a method using Letter Positional Probabilities (LPPs) to assess the complexity of French words. By analyzing reaction times on a lexical decision task for 38,000 French words, they identified variables related to word structure and letter positions. Their findings indicate that LPPs are strongly associated with word complexity, with accented letters appearing more frequently in simpler words. Classification models demonstrated that word length alone achieved 77.27% accuracy, which improved to 83.95% when incorporating binary variables from the first six letter positions. AI

IMPACT This research could inform natural language processing models by providing a more nuanced understanding of word complexity in French.

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Michael Dalvean ·

    Using Letter Positional Probabilities to Assess French Word Complexity

    arXiv:2610.28040v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We use Letter Positional Probabilities (LPPs) to examine the orthographic differences between simple and complex French words. We draw from a sample of 38,000 French words scored by reaction time on a lexical decision task. We take …

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