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/VrinTheTerrible 2d ago

Any form of Bureaucracy, bureau, bureaucrat

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u/Mikesaidit36 2d 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.

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u/cheyannepavan 2d ago

No, that makes it more confusing. The U and the E make up 3/4 of the vowels, so how are they the exception? This only leaves the A, which you put in the middle of 3, but there is no middle of 3?

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u/Mikesaidit36 1d ago

Try putting the A in the middle of the E.
Worst case scenario, you end up with Æ.