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 [[fielddata-circuit-breaker]]
 ==== Field data circuit breaker
 The field data circuit breaker allows Elasticsearch to estimate the amount of
-memory a field will required to be loaded into memory. It can then prevent the
+memory a field will require to be loaded into memory. It can then prevent the
 field data loading by raising an exception. By default the limit is configured
 to 60% of the maximum JVM heap. It can be configured with the following
 parameters: