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AIBU to ask which word you always spell wrong

230 replies

ConfusedWife1234 · 17/06/2018 23:01

Or do not know if you spelled it right.

For me it is ptahalates, phyrric victory to, thousandth. I hoped a spelled them right now.

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squirrelnutkins1 · 20/06/2018 22:56

Always struggle with guarantee!

LauderSyme · 20/06/2018 23:03

Yes, sheriff.

Rhythm but my mnemonic is rejoice heartily, your teacher has measles!

Practice and practise and licence and license.

I have to type "discount" frequently at work and it always comes out disocunt Blush

abigboydidit · 09/10/2018 11:13

Broccoli
Sentence
Separate

SummerStrong · 09/10/2018 20:39

Colleague

Asmallrole · 09/10/2018 20:42

Stationary or stationery. Never remember which is which

Fatasfook · 09/10/2018 20:43

Zomby
Thred

FrangipaniBlue · 09/10/2018 20:45

I've spent most of my life working in/with audits so every time I type or write Audi (as in the car make) I automatically put a T on the end......

I've owned 4, so you can imagine how many times when signing into client premises I've mis typed/written Audi Grin

DonDrapersOldFashioned · 09/10/2018 20:48

Common words,

Receive (always do ‘ie’)
Occasion (two ‘c’s, two ‘s’s or both? Brain fart every time).
Broccoli (I want to type brocolli or broccolli).

TheClitterati · 09/10/2018 20:51

ahve - but that is a typo i make every. Single. Time.

I have to pause and think every single time with gorgeous, fabulous, rhythm

Thank fuck for spellcheck!

costacoffeecup · 09/10/2018 20:54

I can never remember the difference between stationery and stationary. I have checked it loads of times but always immediately forget. I made up a mnemonic-e is for envelope - eventually. But I keep forgetting that too.

PavlovaFaith · 09/10/2018 21:11

Relevant

purplecorkheart · 09/10/2018 21:23

Initial & physiotherapist, always spell them wrong (I am so grateful for autocorrect). I also got a massive blank in the Irish version of the a- levels on how to spell the word which

CommanderDaisy · 09/10/2018 21:24

Mine is ....the.
I always teh it.

Ringsender2 · 09/10/2018 21:27

Corridor.

Corridoor?

I know it's the first one, but only once I've written it.

Broccoli always gets me. I want to write brocolli

DroningOn · 09/10/2018 21:30

Excersice
Recieve

SilentBob · 09/10/2018 21:35

@Fatasfook I don't think it's quite a zombie, to be fair, but I'm laughing at @FrangipaniBlue replying with the same word again 3+ months after the original!

Shadow1234 · 09/10/2018 22:00

Miscellaneous or miscelanneous? It always looks wrong whichever way i spell it.

Cocknose · 09/10/2018 22:21

Gorgeous ... Always want to spell it goergus

affectionincoldclimate · 09/10/2018 23:13

Recommend - I always try to spell it with two Cs Grin

Mammysin · 09/10/2018 23:15

Am a spelling (and grammar) pedant but accommodation always has me foxed....

willstarttomorrow · 09/10/2018 23:27

Academy. Always try to spell it with two c's. I type it a hundred times a month in various reports (all schools seem to be one now)!
DD proudly told me tonight she had a spelling test today and got 10/10. She is a reader and generally spells well but apparently she always can never remember how to spell 'friends' because of forgetting i before e. However Dua Lipa spells it out so all okay!

LemonysSnicket · 09/10/2018 23:33

Immediate and definitely

LemonysSnicket · 09/10/2018 23:34

And it's spelt in the U.K., not spelled

Dontfeellikeamillenial · 09/10/2018 23:35

Ezxema
diorreaha

StripySocksAndDocs · 09/10/2018 23:38

So many words. Too many to mention in fact. Writing takes an ages for me as I have to check what I’ve written frequently. Plus I’m cursed with a weird overwhelming need to put a ‘u’ after an ‘o’ in words.

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