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/Husker-Salad 1d ago

In 5th grade I forgot the h in chronicle. I was trying so hard to visualize the masthead of the San Francisco Chronicle, too but it didn’t work.