NEVER TRUST ENGLISH SPELLING

 Never … trust English spelling
English spelling is a foolhardy attempt to represent, with only twenty-six letters, close to sixty distinct sounds. That is why it is so confusing and complicated.
The verb to spell is both regular and irregular: spelled, spelled or spelt, spelt.
Orthography is the art of correct spelling, but do not use the word; few people would understand you. Say spelling instead.
Bill Bryson exclaims in his book The Mother Tongue: “English spelling has caused problems for about as long as there have been English words to spell.” And this situation will probably never change while the English language exists.
A word as simple as where has been spelt in different ways since the invention of printing:
wher
whair
wair
wheare
were
wheer
—all pronounced, we think, in the same way for centuries.
But whining (gimoteos) will get us nowhere. We can protest, criticize, lament, deplore, or bemoan... but we are not going to change the way words are spelt. We do, however, have a small consolation: English spelling is highly democratic and affects natives and foreigners alike. Everybody faces the same problem.
The true challenge is that the English-speaking world has little patience with poor spellers and looks down on those who make spelling errors. One mistake in a CV, in a résumé—only one—can make us lose the opportunity to get the job we were applying for. A typing error in an important email can torpedo and shatter the image some boss has of us. We lose credibility and standing, for our character and competence will be judged by that spelling blunder. We will be thought careless and unprofessional. And rightly so.