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@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ available to the module code.
 
 ## N-API Version Matrix
 
-N-API versions are additive and versioned independantly from Node.js.
+N-API versions are additive and versioned independently from Node.js.
 Version 4 is an extension to version 3 in that it has all of the APIs
 from version 3 with some additions. This means that you
 do not need to recompile for new versions of Node.js which are