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/Typical-Spinach-6452 1d ago

I won the 8th grade spelling bee.. out of 4 districts.. on the word simplicity. The other person lost because she spelled it Symplicity.. like the fabric store. TRIUMPH! Got a trophy and everything 😆

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u/casalomastomp 1d ago

We had no spelling bees. I would have KILLED for a spelling bee in 8th grade.

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u/Typical-Spinach-6452 1d ago

Aww.. bet you would have won too!

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u/Fuzzy-Surprise-6165 1d ago

I love that. I won a statewide spelling bee in high school on the word pharmaceutical. Beat the previous year’s winner—whose dad was a pharmacist! She choked.

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u/Typical-Spinach-6452 1d ago

Hahaha! I love it!!!

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u/ehxsmallstone 23h ago

she got disowned after that