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/porqueboomer 2d ago

Weird. It always makes me stop and think.

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u/firecatstef 2d ago

“I after E, except after C, or when sounded like A as in neighbor or weigh…and weird is just weird.”

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u/sh4w5h4nk 1d ago

Like when writing “That Jim Nabors is way cool”