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I wrote secret as secrete

 While writing an email about Secret Santa, I mistakenly wrote Secrete Santa. I discovered the difference between secret and secrete a long ago and I am always cautious not to write secrete while writing secret. But I don't know why I am making this mistake often in recent days.  I also thought I had written about it in this blog, but I could not find it. So, I am writing it now. 
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Yacht or Yatch?

 Today, while working on a workout on the  Elevate app, I came across a word and I spelled it as Yatch. And it was wrong, obviously. I might have learned the correct spelling of Yacht when I was a kid. But over the years, I had remembered it as Yatch.  I guess it happened because I did not knew the correct pronunciation of the word. Instead of pronouncing it as  jɒt , I had alway pronounced it as  j atʃ , similar to 'match'.

Violet or Violate?

Recently while writing violate , I typed violet . Because these words are similar and I type very fast, I often end up typing violet even when I am trying to type violate . Violet is a colour while violate means break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement), treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect or rape or sexually assault (someone).

Litre/Liter or Litter?

Litre/liter and Litter sounds so similar. But today I typed litter, when I wanted to type liter. Then I realised that I made some mistake and rectified it. Litter means trash, while liter/litre is a metric unit of capacity.