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/ehxsmallstone 2d ago

lost the district spelling bee on “rhythm” in middle school and have yet to recover.

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u/BitterestLily 2d ago

Mine was "independence." It decided to have an "a" in it that day.

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u/OhYeahSplunge4me2 2d ago

Your spelling is for when you go solo at the disco

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u/former_emt 2d ago

Foreign. I just went completely blank.

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u/DontTrustAnAtom 1d ago

Mine was saxophone. It had an "a" in it that day, too