In Hungarian the differences between short and long consonants are subtle due to various factors (e.g. debate whether length is a distinctive feature of the language, arbitrary lengthening of short consonants or abbreviating of long ones), thus it is difficult to distinguish between them. However, if distinguishing between the pronunciation of short and long consonantal sounds is difficult, their representations as single and double letters by means of spelling must be even more difficult for children. The present study aims to find out if and to what extent does knowledge of linguistic...