While our conscious minds are meticulous about correct spelling, our unconscious minds completely ignore it. The sound of the word conveys the meaning. Dream distortion makes frequent use of this fact, the manifest dream alluding to a hidden object by means of another object with the same name, or a name of similar pronunciation with different spelling. This utilization of spelling distortion is seen in many dreams, among others in dreams of psychoanalytic patients who try to conceal a latent negative transference.