What is that one word that you can never spell correctly on your first try?

I’ve already mastered embarrassed, but now it is guarantee.

Weird. I keep forgetting that, by forgoing the traditional “i before e” rule, it is quite weird.

Personelle. Damnit, see, I didn’t even do it right that time. Personnel? There we go. No red squiggly line, that must mean it’s right.

Calendar. See? I had to spell check that. I was wrong the first time.

Cemetery used to get me, but I have that one down, now. Counselor gives me pause, but I’m learning that one, too. I’m positive that there are others.

Instrument or is it instroment? I always have a hard time with that word for some reason.

croissant.

Tomorrow.

Occasionally, beginning, embarrassed lurve, @Blackberry, and separate always get me. FUCKING ALWAYS.

Their (or is it thier). I’ve had trouble with this my whole life. I even got so bad that I would spell it the opposite of what I thought at first. That worked for a short time until I realized I was spelling it wrong again. Dyslexia maybe. Thank god for spell check.

Seize.

I keep spelling sieze—like with sienna, sierra, etc…

A L U M I N U M….............I never could say it, either as a teenager.

I hate that word.

Is it still I before E, except after C or has that changed, too?

It was never I before E except after C. Whoever invented that stupid phrase should be shot. There are far too many “exceptions” to that rule to make it a worthwhile one to learn.

This one should be a popular nominee on this thread: definitely.

Spelling is not my problem, but I have a very unreliable memory for numbers. I know my phone number, my zip code, and my social security number, and I know my license plate because it’s a word, but I can’t remember much else, including my driver’s license or any credit card or account number. I never even used to know my salary, never mind the memory capacity of my computer.

Massachusettes. Massachusets. FUCK. Massachusetts. I had to look it up.

@Jeruba I used to have to much trouble with that one, along with definition!
@tinyfaery I have that same problem a lot, they shouldn’t be allowed to name a place something that hard to spell!

Cirriculum. Curriculum.

I have mild dyslexia, so most of the time I have at least one misspelling in a sentence. I have to go over my posts 3 or 4 times to get them right, and even then I usually have to edit them once I post.

@Jeruba Dude, you’re creepin’ me out. That’s the one word I was going to pick. Definitely. If I just write it out quick, I always mess it up. Always. I always replace the first I with an E. But if I don’t make that mistake, I make some other.

There are a couple of common words that I always mis-type on the first try because they are very similar to my name. :(

On the upside, I quickly learned how to find the backspace key without looking, as a result.

Accommodate. The combination of two cees and two ems always throws me. I finally got to the point where I remember the two cees, and then remind myself it’s like “commode”.

vacuum

“Necessary”
I mess it up every time.

And hey, “Massachusetts” is no harder to spell than “Mississippi”.

@cprevite At least there’s a trick for remembering Mississippi! There’s nothing to help you out with Massachusetts!

Cinnamon
It just looks stupid. It is my kryptonite. Oh hell now its two words. Kryptonite. I almost spelled it criptonite, then cryptonite. Oh, well its a stupid fake word! Stupid superman!

Is it ninty or ninety? It’s ninety, right? hmmm

Committee! See, I have to thank the auto-correct spelling feature for posting it correctly.

Commitment. (I always want to make it two ts.)

weird or is it wierd? I know it isn’t wired and spell check just told me which of the 2 it is, but I’m never certain when I start. Perhaps I should use a synonym like peculiar, strange or unusual, but none of those has that weird connotation.

Here’s the list that I compiled many years ago, when fluther and I were both younger and more obsessive. (Spell-check made typing this a challenge.)

Definitely;
definately,
defiantly,
definitily,
definatly,
definetly,
definitaly,
Defenitely
deffinetly
defanetly,
definitly,
deffinatley,
definutlie,
definently,
deffinitely,
definetley,
deffnitally,
defenientely,
definently.

And no, since you ask. I did not cheat and invent any of these myself.

I have finally mastered diarrhea. (Or have I?)

Vacuum
restaurant (I always have trouble with this one, and I’m usually a good speller)
guarantee (this one is a pain, too)
sheriff
embarrass

Recieve, or receive. Whatever.

@john65pennington is it “a-LOO-min-yum” or “aluh-MIN-yum”?

@rojo Depend on what side of the pond you’re on. East of 30 degrees West Longitude, it is spelled aluminium and pronounced “al-u-min-i-um.” On the west side of that line, i.e. in the Americas, it is spelled and pronounced aluminum.

”B A.”

Profesor.
Proffesor.
Professor.
Proffessor.

Commitment. When I worked for a title company, I’d have to type out title commitment letters without a template and would constantly go back and spell check.

Harrassment. Harassment. << Thank you, spell checker!

Lol the word ass can be found in there. XD I’m imatchur. Also, assassin. It’s in there twice!

One of them used to be bourgeois. Until I paid attention to my Firefox spell checker, I spelled it “bourgois” the last time I tried, and “bourgeios” the time before then.

Seperately. Or is it Separately? I ALWAYS have to check this one.

“Accommodating” just got me.