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@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ To create a new component manually:
 
 ## Specifying a component's CSS selector
 
-Every component requires a CSS _selector_. A selector instructs Angular to instantiate this component wherever it finds the corresponding tag in template HTML. For example, consider a component, `hello-world.component.ts` that defines its selector as `app-hello-world`. This selector instructs angular to instantiate this component any time the tag, `<app-hellow-world>` in a template.
+Every component requires a CSS _selector_. A selector instructs Angular to instantiate this component wherever it finds the corresponding tag in template HTML. For example, consider a component, `hello-world.component.ts` that defines its selector as `app-hello-world`. This selector instructs angular to instantiate this component any time the tag, `<app-hello-world>` in a template.
 
 To specify a component's selector, add a `selector` statement to the `@Component` decorator.