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 ## Avoid hot spotting [_avoid_hot_spotting]
 
-[Hot Spotting](../../../troubleshoot/elasticsearch/hotspotting.md) can occur when node resources, shards, or requests are not evenly distributed. {{es}} maintains cluster state by syncing it across nodes, so continually hot spotted nodes can cause overall cluster performance degredation.
+[Hot Spotting](../../../troubleshoot/elasticsearch/hotspotting.md) can occur when node resources, shards, or requests are not evenly distributed. {{es}} maintains cluster state by syncing it across nodes, so continually hot spotted nodes can cause overall cluster performance degradation.
 
 
 ## Additional optimizations [_additional_optimizations]