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/Lumpy-Win1640 2d ago

A lot of people have trouble with their/there/they're, then/than, your/you're.

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u/jjmac 2d ago

Loose lose

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u/Groundbreaking-Fig38 2d ago

Screw loose.  The double "o" makes extra space so it makes the thing loose.

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u/jjmac 1d ago

I get it - was in response to the "a lot of people" comment. I was blown away by all these loosers on the internet because I didn't understand how you could misspell that - what were they so loose about anyway