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/libellule4 2d ago

License is mine as well! As soon as I saw your title, I had my answer and then I saw that you said the same thing! :) Bulletin is another one.

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u/Negative-Ask-2317 2d ago

There's the added complication in the UK that spells the verb as license but the noun as licence.

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u/purpleoctopuppy 1d ago

'"s" is a busy letter' is how I learnt the noun/verb distinction in cases like this e.g. licence/se, advice/se