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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ tricu is the word for "tree" in Lojban: `(x1) is a tree of species/cultivar (x2)
 
 - Tree Calculus operator: `t`
 - Assignments: `x = t t`
-- Immutabile definitions
+- Immutable definitions
 - Lambda abstraction syntax: `id = (\a : a)`
 - List, Number, and String literals: `[(2) ("Hello")]` 
 - Function application: `not (not false)`