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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Version 3.3.6d8
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 **Bug Fixes**
 * Tidy up compilation of the `audio-dummy` and `audio-soundio` back ends when the `fno-common` flag is used. 
-* Remove a superflous extra definition of a variable which would casue it to be used uninitialised.
+* Remove a superflous extra definition of a variable which would cause it to be used uninitialised.
 
 Version 3.3.6d7
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