logophobia, verbophobia

Meaning: Fear of words

This fear typically originates from childhood, where the frequency of learning new words can cause distress and dread. Another cause is frustration from frequent misspellings, such as might occur in a spelling bee.

For me, the problem is reading misspelled words, such as in newspaper articles. Being able to spot defects is an asset in software engineering, but hampers dealing with natural language. Reading poorly written content is slow and frustrating. Writing, likewise, is slow and frustrating in an effort to avoid creating poorly written content.

sources:

• https://phobia.fandom.com/wiki/Logophobia
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/logophobia
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verbophobia