French writing is hard, because the same pronunciation can be spelled in many different ways (for example he vs. j'ai). To find the right one you need to know t

French writing is hard, because the same pronunciation can be spelled in many different ways (for example he vs. j'ai). To find the right one you need to know the grammar. The French also have some kind of spelling bee competition as far as I remember. On the other hand, reading French is easy. There is no such thing as the English -ough suffix.