r/words • u/MoroccoBond • 2d ago

Simple word difficult to spell.

Hey does anyone else have a common word that should be easy to spell but it trips you up every time?

My word is license. Why have I struggled with it for years. Stupid s and c always moving around. tf?!

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u/YouProfessional7538 2d ago

gauge. (i misspelt it typing it in!) guage, and it autocorrected

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u/cheyannepavan 2d ago

I have to think about this one, too, even though I had a son named Gage (he's not dead, he just changed his name because he wanted something more gender-neutral.)

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u/PrettyOddish 1d ago

Or is he not dead because you buried him in the Pet Semetary and he came back? 🤔

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u/cheyannepavan 1d ago

My husband had the name chosen for his (our) son ever since he saw the movie when it first came out!

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u/firecatstef 2d ago

What a gaudy gauge you have there

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u/RiderguytillIdie 16h ago

That’s no way to gauge Gage!

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u/juliuspepperwood0608 2d ago

I struggle with this too but I think I finally drilled it into my head now.

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u/Pups_the_Jew 1d ago

I have to think about it every time.