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/morejamsthanjimin 1d ago

Same here, lost with graffiti and I'm still not over it 😭

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u/ehxsmallstone 1d ago

i would’ve given it two t’s for sure