Mate or Matte: How To spell?
The word Mate is misspelled against Matte, a noun meaning "A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss."
Matte has double "tt" is mispronounced as "t"Remember double 'TT' in between the strings ma & e which should not be misspelled with single 'T'
Wrong Spelling:  ma-t-e  Correct Spelling:  ma-tt-e 
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