Why do many people misspell practice?

Question

A lot of the time I see people spell it as "practise"...why would it be so commonly misspelled?

Answer 1

It's British

EDIT: No, seriously guys, it's British.

Answer 2

In many parts of the English speaking world (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and South Africa) “practice” is the noun, “practise” the verb. However, in the U.S.A the spelling “practice” is more often used for both the noun and the verb.

Answer 3

Listen to Jaimie B. It is common for the British spelling of a word to employ an 's' rather than a 'c.'

Another word that is different: Color--they spell it colour.

It's not misspelled, just a different spelling.

Answer 4

Practice is the noun. Practise is the verb. So check the context.
What I don't understand is the number of people who spell definitely as definately. It's not as if you even need to use it.

Answer 5

In the UK and here in Australia, we spell the noun "practice" and the verb ''practise". In USA the word is always spelt "practice" whether it is a noun or a verb.

Answer 6

Because the "C" in practice has an "S" sound and people are too retarted to listen in school when they teach about how to properly spell out words like this.

Answer 7

Because those people (as it is in today's schools) education is not on reading/spelling/etc but on sex education and that is MUCH more important than spelling..

Answer 8

poor education - lack of spellcheck (unfortunately, many cannot spell without spellcheck or add without a calculator).

Answer 9

Maybe it's lack of practice?

Answer 10

because the "c" sounds like an "s" and people get confused!!