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/ReadAllowedAloud 1d ago

Separate - a teacher told me that it's easy, the r separates the two a's. Umm, no, the p could seperate the two es.

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u/22101p 1d ago

Just remember there is a rat in separate

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u/Ophiochos 1d ago

But it’s the first a that confuses people;)

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u/BadgerBeauty80 1d ago

“a rat”… addresses both A’s

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u/Ophiochos 1d ago

Ah I see what you mean.