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@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The repo contains a tool to deploy an Anchor-based EIP20Gateway<->EIP20CoGateway
 
 ### Commands
 
-To run a local testnet setup via `ganache-cli` run in two seperate terminals:
+To run a local testnet setup via `ganache-cli` run in two separate terminals:
 
 - `ganache-cli --gasLimit=0x7A1200`
 - `ganache-cli --gasLimit=0x7A1200 --port 8546`