[SceptileMaster]

I disagree that it's the same with our long words. Since a foreign learner learns how to spell every word they learn in English and most native English speakers just seem to pick it up I have noticed that non-native English speakers who learnt formally are generally good spellers.

Also most English speakers I know frequently get some of the basics wrong but I think that's somewhat dependant on where and how you grew up (maybe, I can't be sure).