Not trying to blow my own trumpet, but I always thought I was pretty good at spelling. That is, until I came across the Reddit thread ‘What English Words Can You Never Spell?’
On the surface, these words seem pretty basic. You can imagine your 10-year-old cousin asking you to spell them for his homework. But, unless you’re some kind of spelling bee champion, you’d have to Google most of them.
The thread has over 400 comments with these deceivingly tricky words, but here are our Top 10…
1. Definitely
'Definitly.
And I know I just spelled it wrong, but I'm leaving it.'
Seriously, why is this word so impossible to spell? I always spell it 'definately'. Thank God for autocorrect.
2. February
'Febuary. I mean February.'
Who decided this word needed a silent 'r'? Who?
3. Wednesday
'Wendysday. Whensday.Wensday. WEDNESDAY'
4. Vacuum
'Vacuum. I seem to always add an extra c.'
5. Embarrass
'Embarass - so many rrs and sssesss. Embarrass.'
It just doesn't look right with so many 'r's and 's's. Sorry, it just doesn't.
6. Exercise
'Excersize.. Exercise'
If we can't spell it then we shouldn't have to do it, right?
7. Diarrhoea
'Dye-oh-ree-ah. No fucking clue. Clearly.'
Of course such a horrid illness has such a shitty spelling (#sorrynotsorry).
8. Business
'Business. It looks and feels so wrong.'
9. Restaurant
'Restaurant. I had to use autocorrect even now.'
10. Necessary
'I don't think good spelling is neccicary.'
Amen to that.
This article originally appeared on The Debrief.