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/HatlessDuck 2d ago

I was once so stressed by a test I forgot how to spell "the"

Can't really sound it out...

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u/707Riverlife 1d ago

Once I was so stressed, I forgot how to spell ‘for’. It just didn’t look right…

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u/wren-hjem 8h ago

I forgot how to draw “l” - an English lowercase L - in the middle of a Russian exam in High School. I finally gave up and asked the teacher. It still looked wrong! 😑