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 ## Who Should Use Dex?
 
-A non-exhaustive list of those who would benfit from using dex:
+A non-exhaustive list of those who would benefit from using dex:
 
 - Those who want a language/framework-agnostic way to manage authentication.
 - Those who want to federate authentication from mutiple providers of differing types.