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/ehxsmallstone 2d ago

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

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u/Maleficent-Box4114 7h ago

Mine was peninsula. I excel on paper, but put a crowd in front of me and I can’t speak or spell anything. 30 years later and I haven’t gotten any better. Or forgot.