mistake vs rectify

mistake

verb
  • To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another. 

noun
  • An error; a blunder. 

  • A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place. 

rectify

verb
  • To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem. 

  • To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. 

  • To determine the length of a curve included between two limits. 

  • To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation. 

  • To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings. 

  • To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.). 

  • To convert (alternating current) into direct current. 

  • To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.). 

How often have the words mistake and rectify occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )