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   a warning on verbose mode (`-w`).
   [[Feature #15554]]
 
-* Redefining some core methods that are specially optimized by the interpeter
+* Redefining some core methods that are specially optimized by the interpreter
   and JIT like `String.freeze` or `Integer#+` now emits a performance class
   warning (`-W:performance` or `Warning[:performance] = true`).
   [[Feature #20429]]