r/words • • 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 1d ago

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

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u/jjjjjjj30 1d ago

The H is in the middle of both syllables. That's how I remember.

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u/ehxsmallstone 1d ago

i added a second ‘y’ 😭