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 # IRCd-Healthcheck
 
-A simple IRCd health-check utility, written in go, which returns a non-zero status code if unable to connect to a given IRC server.  Perfect for use with mointoring systems.  [Download a binary of the latest release here](https://github.com/StormBit/ircd-healthcheck/releases/latest).
+A simple IRCd health-check utility, written in go, which returns a non-zero status code if unable to connect to a given IRC server.  Perfect for use with monitoring systems.  [Download a binary of the latest release here](https://github.com/StormBit/ircd-healthcheck/releases/latest).
 
 ### Usage: `./healthcheck -server=irc.stormbit.net:6667`