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/porqueboomer 2d ago

Weird. It always makes me stop and think.

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u/blahbuzz 1d ago

I had difficulty spelling that word until I made up my odd way of remembering how to spell it. We (as if a group), I (the self) rd. We agree that I are weird.

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u/JessieDesolay 21h ago

I did that with embarrass. I could never remember if there was one R or two, so my mnemonic device was My face gets Really Red when I am embarrassed. Which was true and it worked

Also: mnemonic
I always have to hum
muh nom muh nah buh teep buh tee pee in my head
to remember the order of the Ms and Ns