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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Out of the box, a best practice is to define a common message flow in its own be
 file which may be imported into other message flows. This approach however has some limitations:
 
 * It's input and output channels are referenced in every consuming flow. Each common flow must ensure unique channel names
-* True encapsuation is impossible as any internal channels and components are exposed to the consuming flow. Note that these must have
+* True encapsulation is impossible as any internal channels and components are exposed to the consuming flow. Note that these must have
 unique names as well
 * Since a common flow is statically bound to channels, it cannot be used in a chain without implementing some type of service-activator/
 gateway wrapper.