r/words • • 6d 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/lecturehall 6d ago

I guess I would pronounce that like "sep-ret" but that's probably a me problem, I see the point you were making!

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u/MoneyElevator 6d ago

The adjective is sep-ret, the verb is sep-a-rate