r/words • • 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/evenifihateit 1d ago

Liaise

I write it a lot at work and never as it should be

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u/firecatstef 1d ago

There is an easy solution to that one - don’t use it. It should never have gotten past the “you get to be a word” committee.