Mated or Matted: How To spell?
The word Mated is misspelled against Matted, an adjective meaning "Covered with a mat or mats; as, a matted floor."
Matted has double "tt" is mispronounced as "t"Remember double 'TT' in between the strings ma & ed which should not be misspelled with single 'T'
Wrong Spelling:  ma-t-ed  Correct Spelling:  ma-tt-ed 
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