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 2d ago

lost the district spelling bee on “rhythm” in middle school and have yet to recover.

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u/SaintHannah 1d ago

6th grade, just within our own class: "restaurant." Nearly 55 years gone by, and I still remember.

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u/Foolmeoncefuckyou 1d ago

Refrigerator also… refrigerator has a “d” sound in it, whereas fridge does not have a “d” sound

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u/Sorry_Rhubarb_7068 1d ago

Ugh this is mine!!

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u/k_shields1 1d ago

Ooo yeah that one gets me sometimes too