Is the problem in guessing phonemes or guessing which word is being said based o...

noisedom on May 3, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rest in Peas: The Unrecognized Death of Speech Rec...

Is the problem in guessing phonemes or guessing which word is being said based on the phonemes? I'd assume that phonemes are easy to guess at since it's such a small set compared to the number of possible words.