I used to believe the word shoes was spelled shouse. It looked right to me...
A childhood belief about spelling

others believed things like this
- I used to think "Disney" was spelled D I S N E P. because they'd loop the "y" and it looked like a "p"! — Rebecca Sears
- I used to believe that the rapper Eminem's name was spelled M&M and anyone named Juan was spelled one.Anon
- I used to believe that you spelled "ESSAY" like "SA" and "EASY" like "EZ".— Lauren
- I used to think the raper eminem was spelled M&M.— Rambles
- I believed the book Babar was how my name was spelled.— Barbara
- I thought the name Phillip was actually spelled "Fill Up"— Natasha H