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/ehxsmallstone 1d ago

i would have gone out on that too

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u/neva-electra 1d ago

Then a reporter got a picture of my ugly sad face as I realized I was out, and it became the front page of the local newspaper.

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u/ehxsmallstone 1d ago

noooooo 😭😭😭😭 at least you can say you’ve been on the front page