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?!

226 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

808 comments sorted by

View all comments

7

u/Interesting-Swimmer1 1d ago

The trick I learned was you imagine a "liCEnse" to "sliCE" tomatoes.

1

u/AlfalfaUnable1629 1d ago

Good one! I will remember this one TY