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 Using canvas rather than SVG would require implementing a scenegraph, hit-testing,
 event dispatch, animation, and other features provided natively by SVG. All that is
 a significant amount of work, would have meant a longer time for the initial release
-of iD, and would likely increase the ongoing costs of maintenence and new features.
+of iD, and would likely increase the ongoing costs of maintenance and new features.
 
 On the other hand, SVG is already fast enough in many or most hardware/browser/OS/editing
 region combinations, and will only get faster as hardware improves and browser vendors