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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Melissa-Web is the web interface for the [Melissa-Core](https://github.com/Melis
 IMPORTANT: Please note that open pull requests in this repository only if you wish to contribute to the functionality of the web interface. If you wish to enhance Melissa's capabilities, you should head over to [Melissa-Core](https://github.com/Melissa-AI/Melissa-Core). Also note that this repository will be synched with `Melissa-AI/Melissa-Core` only after certain periods of time (unless someone opens a PR to do that).
 
 ### Installation
-The installation steps are esentially the same as that of Melissa-Core, however, there are a few changes to the `requirements.txt` file.
+The installation steps are essentially the same as that of Melissa-Core, however, there are a few changes to the `requirements.txt` file.
 
 #### For OS X Systems
 Clone the project using `git`. You can install git and other CLI developer tools by running the following commands: