Words you have a hard time spelling

I was just noticing I had to try several times to get “occasion” and “occasionally” right.
Can’t seem to remember if there are two s’s, two c’s or both.

Until like a year ago, i used to use “use to” where “used to” was right as well. Like “I use to do this” vs " I used to do this".

What are some words that you have trouble with?

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I have trouble with a lot of words, but the computers these days are so clever that I can use simple and extensive vocabulary and spell it right!

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Any word with more than one or two vowels haha. I suck with vowels. I just guess at em usually except the words i use a lot and remember.

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I was 25 years old before I could spell “IQ” right.

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“Guarantee” always gets me. Takes me time to spell it correctly even with spellcheck. “Restaurant” is hard too.

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Insurance. I keep typing it as insurnance.

Remind me what industry I work in again?

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lol. I think it has something to do with ankle acquisition. I’m not sure.

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I had to move from English spelling to American spelling and seriously for a job in the bookstore. Now 20 years later I’m still a mess. I do a combination of both on these boards and often I’ll review and go back. Honestly it’s a big bugbear for me and as a mod I’d like to be precise but I’m anything but. My mind is too mush to split between the two and I just accept it.

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Words with lots of C and S.
Access
Conscious
Exercise
Except

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Yeah, I have trouble with those too!

license!
conscience!
renaissance!

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Well, because I’m not a native speaker, I may spell wrong without noticing.

I have noticed I struggle when our own word is very close to yours, and yet not the same. In Dutch we say vaccin. You vaccine. I often accidently use our Dutch spelling. I have been portrayed as an idiot for it by Americans.

Someone asked if I was Brittish, because I used coeliac rather than celiac. I just accidently mixed in a bit of my own language (we use coeliakie).

I don’t know much about English versus American spelling. I don’t even know what I use. I only know the English put in extra letters (e.g. colour versus color). I prefer the English form (sorry).

Mediterranean is one I always struggle with.

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I think usually they are not that far apart. Like color and colour or flavor and flavour.

I do apologize for that on behalf of Americans. We are not all like that.

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Amerikans. Afrikaners.

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Haha thanks. I know. :slight_smile:

It happens only rarely, most are very forgiving and polite in this respect.

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I know the correct usage for their, there and they’re but sometimes I mix them up anyways.

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A lot of words, I’ve even had trouble with were where we’re there their your you’re, I use the wrong one sometimes

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I can never, ever spell “restaurant”.

(That had to be spell checked and I had to spell it twice because the first time I did spell check didn’t even recognize it as a word)

No matter how many times I write it or try to commit it to memory,

I never get it right.

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Necessary
Vacuum
Niece
persevere
My own name before I changed it

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conscious
occasion
Cincinnati

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I have trouble properly using the word “their”

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