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@clacke According to Collins, the words don't quite mean the same thing to British people and American people:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/egoism

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/egotism

I wonder if your correspondent isn't on the same side of the Atlantic as you.

In either case, the two words do look pretty similar! Honestly, I wouldn't waste too much time over a dictionary snipe, if that's the way it came across.