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 Contributing to Paper
 ==========================
 PaperMC is happy you're willing to contribute to our projects. We are usually
-very lentient with all submitted PRs, but there are still some guidelines you
+very lenient with all submitted PRs, but there are still some guidelines you
 can follow to make the approval process go more smoothly.
 
 **Table of contents:**