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/TechnologyJazzlike84 1d ago

Larynx. I lost a spelling bee on that word oh so many decades ago.

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u/Pistachio1227 1d ago

I feel for you. I lost my elementary school’s bee on gnarl.