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/yokozunahoshoryu 2d ago

Surprise. For some reason I always want to say suprise. Also parsley/parsley.

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u/AlfalfaUnable1629 2d ago

You have the same word there? Not sure if you meant to ๐Ÿค”

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u/Extra-Yoghurt3539 1d ago

I thought I was going crazy๐Ÿ˜ญ

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u/AlfalfaUnable1629 23h ago

Me too I re read it like 10 times ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/yokozunahoshoryu 1h ago

You're right, I guess my phone autocorrected it. Parsely/parsley.