Can I write katakana words in alternative ways?


When I write words that are purely in katakana, I always forgot whether to add
a ッ or a ー. For example, When writing スクリーンショット, I might write スクリンショト or
スクリーンショト or even スクリンショト. My question is, does these things matter? Do people
understand what a スクリンショト is?

I am aware that it might become another entirely different word, like ビール vs
ビル but surely that can be inferred from context, right?




Wrongly written words in katakana look quite strange, weird and odd. Though
one may be able to understand these words after staring at them for a second,
they are not at all alternative ways of writing, but just wrong ones.

The reason is that their pronunciations are definitely different. If you omit
「ッ」 or 「ー」 in words, the pronunciations change even though 「ッ」 and 「ー」 may
look supplementary. So they are unlikely to be regarded identical.

The exception is trailing 「ー」. For example 「サーバー」 and 「サーバ」 for "server." In
this case both are accepted (so some standards define which ones to use).




Wrongly written words in katakana look quite strange, weird and odd. Though
one may be able to understand these words after staring at them for a second,
they are not at all alternative ways of writing, but just wrong ones.

The reason is that their pronunciations are definitely different. If you omit
「ッ」 or 「ー」 in words, the pronunciations change even though 「ッ」 and 「ー」 may
look supplementary. So they are unlikely to be regarded identical.

The exception is trailing 「ー」. For example 「サーバー」 and 「サーバ」 for "server." In
this case both are accepted (so some standards define which ones to use).

