# Do humans recognize word shapes or letter shapes in order to read?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 16, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-humans-recognize-word-shapes-or-letter-shapes-in-order-to-read/312814 "2005-07-16T17:46:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![MadderMitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@MadderMitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadderMitch)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-humans-recognize-word-shapes-or-letter-shapes-in-order-to-read/312814/21 "2005-07-19T00:32:51Z")

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> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#):
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> Correction:
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> Deos Glilozda isnegt ledias wlohe?

Was this done on purpose or was it a goof-up?

It’s pretty easy to read as “Godzilla”, but I thought it must be a new spelling or something. I checked and got “Gozilla” so I figured must be same thing.

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