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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ snappy-java is a Java port of the [snappy](https://github.com/google/snappy), a
   * Here are some [benchmark results](https://github.com/ning/jvm-compressor-benchmark/wiki), comparing
  snappy-java and the other compressors
  `LZO-java`/`LZF`/`QuickLZ`/`Gzip`/`Bzip2`. Thanks [Tatu Saloranta @cotowncoder](http://twitter.com/#!/cowtowncoder) for providing the benchmark suite.
-  * The benchmark result indicates snappy-java is the fastest compreesor/decompressor in Java: http://ning.github.com/jvm-compressor-benchmark/results/canterbury-roundtrip-2011-07-28/index.html
+  * The benchmark result indicates snappy-java is the fastest compressor/decompressor in Java: http://ning.github.com/jvm-compressor-benchmark/results/canterbury-roundtrip-2011-07-28/index.html
  * The decompression speed is twice as fast as the others: http://ning.github.com/jvm-compressor-benchmark/results/canterbury-uncompress-2011-07-28/index.html