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What is a typical spelling mistake you make?

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    More a typo than a spelling mistake but if a word ends in ‘th’, my brain cannot stop adding an ‘e’.

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    So you're just a time traveler from the 1200s. NBD.

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    • H [email protected]

      Viscous vs vicious.

      It’s a viscous cycle.

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      Sounds like a sticky situation.

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        For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.

        • loose vs. lose
        • then vs. than
        • were vs. where
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        embarrassed to admit I mix up which and witch, and have misspelled both as wich on occasion

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        • goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zoneG [email protected]

          In english a lot. Not just because i am dislexic, but also french stemming words are a nightmare

          "Litterly" is one i have still no idea how to spell. Or wether, not meaning the weather as in sun and run but the one for implying choice

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          Literally and whether.

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            For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.

            • loose vs. lose
            • then vs. than
            • were vs. where
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            recieve vs. receive

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              For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.

              • loose vs. lose
              • then vs. than
              • were vs. where
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              Diahhrheoea

              Or whatever it is.

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              • kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksK [email protected]

                recieve vs. receive

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                This one's easy, remember reecee, so it's rEcEive.

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                • sanguinepar@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

                  Sounds like a sticky situation.

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                  Or slippery situation, depends on how viscous.

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                    This one's easy, remember reecee, so it's rEcEive.

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                    I just try to keep the mnemonic "I before E except after C" ^[1]^ in my brain.

                    ::: spoiler References

                    1. Type: Definition (Webpage). Title: "receive". Publisher: "Merriam-Webster". Accessed: 2025-09-19T07:04Z. URI: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/receive.
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                    • kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksK [email protected]

                      I just try to keep the mnemonic "I before E except after C" ^[1]^ in my brain.

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                      1. Type: Definition (Webpage). Title: "receive". Publisher: "Merriam-Webster". Accessed: 2025-09-19T07:04Z. URI: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/receive.
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                      Don't follow those stupid rules, there are so many exceptions not even sure how that shit got coined. Welcome to English

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                        Don't follow those stupid rules, there are so many exceptions not even sure how that shit got coined. Welcome to English

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                        Do you mind referencing some of the exceptions that you have in mind to the aforementioned rule?

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                        • inkstainthebat@pawb.socialI [email protected]

                          embarrassed to admit I mix up which and witch, and have misspelled both as wich on occasion

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                          Nothing to be embarrassed about. I can assure you I am worse at spelling.

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