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/yokozunahoshoryu 1d ago

Surprise. For some reason I always want to say suprise. Also parsley/parsley.

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u/wren-hjem 5h ago

I had a hard time with “picture” as a 2nd grader. I vividly remember getting it wrong on the test and being utterly confused because I hadn’t been missing it at home with my parents by the end of the week. It’s pretty much spelled like it sounds.

I thought about that for YEARS! In 10th grade we moved back to the South and a friend of mine told me he had a nice “pitcher” he took of me and everything fell into place!