Words That Always Trip Me Up

Disperse & disburse. I always mix up the spellings and meanings.

How do you fare with discreet and discrete?

Those are nasty too.  Especially with Frank Zappa's record label being named "Discreet."

Wikipedia wrote:

The name of the label was a pun derived from "disc" and the discrete (also known as "Compatible Discrete 4", "CD-4" or "Quadradisc") method of encoding quadraphonic sound into phonograph records.

License and liscense are difficult for some. They shouldn't be: liscense is, at best, taking artistic license with spelling.

I've never seen "liscense" but I occasionally misremember which is the British spelling of license/lisense, organise/organize, dialogue/dialog, ageing/aging, dependent/dependant, fillet/filet, specialty/speciality, cosy/cozy, chilli/chili/Chile, grey/gray, sceptic/skeptic, toward/towards, etc.

Also further/farther.

Actually, the British spelling is licence.

You see?

We saw a show yesterday called "The Restaurateur." I said, "Hey, isn't that misspelled?"

Turns out I've spelt it rong all my live.