Words You Can't Spell

[Ben]

Just now posting over in politics, I once again hit a word that I actually use a fair amount, but in over half a century on the planet, I cannot freakin' spell the word without looking it up. In fact I'm so bad at it that spellcheck doesn't even know what I'm talking about. The word?

 Bureaucrat (or bureaucracy).

It never fails that I jumble up the letters in the middle. It's especially irksome to me because I spent an entire career surrounded by bureaucrats and bureaucracy (even now I had to correct the spelling on both words in this sentence). Also irksome, because as a kid, I actually made it to the county spelling bee finals once.

Do any of you have words you just can't spell for the life of you?

[Perd Hapley]

When I was a kid I had trouble with the -eau- words like bureaucrat, though I think beautiful was the word I was trying to spell. I sounded out all the vowels, "bee-a-yoo-tifful," and for some reason that stuck with me. I still say it in my head every time I spell a word that has that particular dipthong. "byur-ee-a-yoo-crat"

[Brad Johnson]

Lingerie. Forever wanting to put an "a" where the first "i" is.

Brad

[zxcvbob]

"Nuisance".  I have no idea why I have trouble spelling that one, it's not that hard but it befuddles me.

[grampster]

Waytle yoo git ta 80.  Thayer all bea hard ta spall.

[castle key]

"License." So much trouble getting it in my head.

Then I became a police, and this word was on so many reports.

I figured it out.

I retired as a Lieutenant, so I obviously went through Sergeant. I get crazy when these are botched!

[HeroHog]

"Restaurant" is one I always stumble over (except this time!).

[Northwoods]

Manure.

[RocketMan]

Just now posting over in politics, I once again hit a word that I actually use a fair amount, but in over half a century on the planet, I cannot freakin' spell the word without looking it up. In fact I'm so bad at it that spellcheck doesn't even know what I'm talking about. The word?

 Bureaucrat (or bureaucracy).

It never fails that I jumble up the letters in the middle. It's especially irksome to me because I spent an entire career surrounded by bureaucrats and bureaucracy (even now I had to correct the spelling on both words in this sentence). Also irksome, because as a kid, I actually made it to the county spelling bee finals once.

Do any of you have words you just can't spell for the life of you?

I always have trouble with those same two words, Ben.  I have to look up bureaucrat and bureaucracy up almost every time I want to use them.  And I've been quite good at spelling most of my life.  I think that's because I have always read a lot over the years.
And as I get older, there are a few mores words that are starting to escape me, words I used to be able to spell without difficulty.

[Ben]

And as I get older, there are a few mores words that are starting to escape me, words I used to be able to spell without difficulty.

Tell me about it. Same here. Maybe I need to take one of them there cognitive tests. 

[RocketMan]

Took one of the cagnative test late last year for insurance purposes.  I passed it.  Not sure how, perzactly.

[MechAg94]

"Restaurant" is one I always stumble over (except this time!).

Restarant gets me all the time as well.       Bureucrat is probably the other one I use more frequently that I mess up.

[MillCreek]

Menometrorrhagia.

[230RN]

"Gauge."  I hate using "gage" as a substitute, then realized the a and u are in the vowel alphabetical order: a e i o u.  No porblem after that.

230 ummm... 230 and something, something up front, two... ummmm

Oh, dummy me, of caurse:

RN230, Jerry

[K Frame]

privilege

Every time I try to type it out quickly I throw at least one, and occasionally several, d in it...

Privdilididge is probably the worst version I ever typed out.

[Bogie]

"Gauges" tend to be measuring devices... "Gages" tend to be fixed go/no-go devices.

[230RN]

"Gauges" tend to be measuring devices... "Gages" tend to be fixed go/no-go devices.

:) Watch it, or you'll start another motor versus engine war. Or pattern versus group war. Or gun versus rifle war. Or revolver versus pistol war.   Or magazine versus clip war.  Or mil versus degree war.  Or minute of angle versus inch war.  Or who the scientists Second, Erg, Meter, and Liter were...

I'm getting out of the way using my high speed racing cane and I'm not signing this one so nobody will know who posted it.

[Tuco]

My posts are intentionally littered with misspelled words and odd grammer to assure you all that I'm not A.I.

[HeroHog]

"Gauges" tend to be measuring devices... "Gages" tend to be fixed go/no-go devices.

...and "Gauges" are put in people's earlobes and cheeks. (shudder)