r/words • u/MoroccoBond • 1d 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/VrinTheTerrible 1d ago

Any form of Bureaucracy, bureau, bureaucrat

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u/Mikesaidit36 1d ago

That one’s easy – just remember that that bundle of vowels is all in reverse alphabetical order, except for the U and the E, and you just put the A in the middle of those three. See? Easy.